Autophobia
Subtitle: love and hate in the automotive age
By: Brian Ladd.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780226467412
Subjects: Automobiles -- Social aspects; Automobile ownership -- Social aspects; Transportation, Automotive -- Social aspects; Environmental degradation
Description: "From the Model T to the SUV, Autophobia reveals that our vexed relationship with the automobile is nothing new - in fact, debates over whether cars are forces of good or evil in our world have raged for over a century now, ever since the automobile was invented."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : dream machines; title: Roadkill : the new machine flattens its critics; title: Buyer's remorse : the tarnished golden age; title: Cities in motion : the car in the city; title: Freeway revolts : the curse of mobility; title: The end of the Automotive Age-or not; title: Conclusion : road rage.