"The Life of the Automobile" is the first comprehensive world
history of the car.
The automobile has arguably shaped the modern era more profoundly
than any other human invention, and author Steven Parissien
examines the impact, development, and significance of the
automobile over its turbulent and colorful 130-year history.
Readers learn the grand and turbulent history of the motor car,
from its earliest appearance in the 1880s--as little more than a
powered quadricycle--and the innovations of the early pioneer
carmakers. The author examines the advances of the interwar era,
the Golden Age of the 1950s, and the iconic years of the 1960s to
the decades of doubt and uncertainty following the oil crisis of
1973, the global mergers of the 1990s, the bailouts of the early
twenty-first century, and the emergence of the electric car.
This is not just a story of horsepower and performance but a tale
of extraordinary people: of intuitive carmakers such as Karl Benz,
Sir Henry Royce, Giovanni Agnelli (Fiat), Andre Citroen, and Louis
Renault; of exceptionally gifted designers such as the eccentric,
Ohio-born Chris Bangle (BMW); and of visionary industrialists such
as Henry Ford, Ferdinand Porsche (the Volkswagen Beetle), and Gene
Bordinat (the Ford Mustang), among numerous other game
changers.
Above all, this comprehensive history demonstrates how the epic
story of the car mirrors the history of the modern era, from the
brave hopes and soaring ambitions of the early twentieth century to
the cynicism and ecological concerns of a century later. Bringing
to life the flamboyant entrepreneurs, shrewd businessmen, and
gifted engineers that worked behind the scenes to bring us
horsepower and performance, "The Life of the Automobile" is a
globe-spanning account of the auto industry that is sure to rev the
engines of entrepreneurs and gearheads alike.
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