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The Automobile Age (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Automobile Age (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: The MIT Press
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An instructive - as well as entertaining - socioeconomic history of
the automobile. Flink (Comparative Culture/Univ. of Cal., lrvine)
draws on scholarly studies published in the last decade to update
or to revise conclusions he reached in his 1975 work, The Car
Culture. While the author focuses on the US, his start-to-present
narrative assesses technological developments and the effects of
"automobility" in virtually every nation that has a motor-vehicles
industry, whether indigenous or controlled by foreign investors. As
a practical matter, Flink argues, the automobile has not been a
force For change in American civilization since the 1960's. No
longer is either the government or the public willing to
accommodate without reservation the wishes of Detroit and its
customers. In fact, funds are being diverted from highway trusts to
mass-transit programs: at the same time, regulatory authorities are
taking a harder line on fuel consumption, safety, pollution, and
allied concerns. During its 50-year heyday, Flink shows, the
passenger car had a wide-ranging impact. Among other outcomes, it
accelerated the advent of assembly-line production and
mass-marketing techniques. Autos also created bonanzas for
contractors as well as purveyors of lodging, recreation,
restaurant, repair, and related roadside services. In the event,
the author observes, the current renaissance of technology in the
intensely competitive multinational automotive industry is based
almost entirely on advances in electronics and computers - now the
great engines of societal change. A fine round trip for
horseless-carriage fans. The engaging text has over 60
illustrations, including turn-of, the-century ads, patent
applications, and photos. (Kirkus Reviews)
In this sweeping cultural history, James Flink provides a
fascinating account of the creation of the world's first automobile
culture. He offers both a critical survey of the development of
automotive technology and the automotive industry and an analysis
of the social effects of "automobility" on workers and
consumers.James J. Flink is an affiliate of the Institute of
Transportation Studies and Professor of Comparative Culture at the
University of California, Irvine.
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