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The idea of "understanding the present through its history" is
based on two insights. First, it helps to know where a technology
comes from: what were its predecessors, how did they evolve as a
result of the continuous efforts to solve theoretical and practical
problems, who were crucial in their emergence, and which cultural
differences made them develop into divergent families of artifacts?
Second, and closely related to the first insight, how does a
certain technology or system fit into its societal context, its
culture of mobility, its engineering culture, its culture of car
driving, its alternatives, its opponents? Only thus, by studying
its prehistory and its socio-cultural context, can we acquire a
true 'grasp' of a technology.The Evolution of Automotive
Technology: A Handbook, Second Edition covers one and a quarter
century of the automobile, conceived as a cultural history of its
technology, aimed at engineering students and all those who wish to
have a concise introduction into the basics of automotive
technology and its long-term development.
The beginning of the 21st century has seen important shifts in
mobility cultures around the world, as the West's media-driven car
culture has contrasted with existing local mobilities, from
rickshaws in India and minibuses in Africa to cycling in China. In
this expansive volume, historian Gijs Mom explores how contemporary
mobility has been impacted by social, political, and economic
forces on a global scale, as in light of local mobility cultures,
the car as an 'adventure machine' seems to lose cultural influence
in favor of the car's status character.
Why has "car society" proven so durable, even in the face of
mounting environmental and economic crises? In this follow-up to
his magisterial Atlantic Automobilism, Gijs Mom traces the global
spread of the automobile in the postwar era and investigates why
adopting more sustainable forms of mobility has proven so
difficult. Drawing on archival research as well as wide-ranging
forays into popular culture, Mom reveals here the roots of the
exuberance, excess, and danger that define modern automotive
culture.
Our continued use of the combustion engine car in the 21st century,
despite many rational arguments against it, makes it more and more
difficult to imagine that transport has a sustainable future.
Offering a sweeping transatlantic perspective, this book explains
the current obsession with automobiles by delving deep into the
motives of early car users. It provides a synthesis of our
knowledge about the emergence and persistence of the car, using a
broad range of material including novels, poems, films, and songs
to unearth the desires that shaped our present "car society."
Combining social, psychological, and structural explanations, the
author concludes that the ability of cars to convey transcendental
experience, especially for men, explains our attachment to the
vehicle.
This book offers an in-depth analysis of the interrelationship
between long-standing caste discrimination in Nepal, its vicious
circle of impact upon the Dalit groups and the changes brought by
the recent political transformations. It explores the links between
identity politics, Dalit struggle and Dalit rights although Dalit
identity is contested within the group. The author explores the
types of institutional measures that would be required to achieve
social justice for Dalit in Nepal and analyses the underlying
causes and nature of the deeply entrenched social, economic,
education and political inequality manifested in the life cycle of
Dalit. The book examines contemporary political transformations,
including state restructuring and federalism processes, and
explores different models of federalism by a variety of experts in
detail; this is done with a view to making specific findings on the
required institutional reform measures for the improvement of Dalit
inclusion and representation in state mechanisms and policies. This
book contributes to the literature on the caste and Dalit discourse
by proposing that the hegemonic caste structure is deeply
entrenched and needs to be deracinated by asserting unified group
politics of recognition in Nepal. Political Transformations in
Nepal will be of interest to academics working on South Asian
Politics, Identity Politics, and Asian Social Policy.
This work honours the achievements of Professor Herman Cohen
Jehoram in the field of intellectual property law. Herman Cohen
Jehoram helped put the Netherlands on the intellectual property law
map through his organizational and academic work for the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Association
Literaire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI), and the European
Community's Legal Advisory Board. He has also served as the voice
of Dutch copyright law abroad and has been described as the
founding father of the University of Amsterdam's Institute for
Information Law. This collection of essays is international in
scope and the contributions from prominent experts cover a broad
range of topics in intellectual property law reflecting the
academic and historical interests of Professor Cohen Jehoram. The
text not only represents a monument to a major force in the field,
but also offers a range of insights in specific issues in
industrial property, media, and information law.
This book offers an in-depth analysis of the interrelationship
between long-standing caste discrimination in Nepal, its vicious
circle of impact upon the Dalit groups and the changes brought by
the recent political transformations. It explores the links between
identity politics, Dalit struggle and Dalit rights although Dalit
identity is contested within the group. The author explores the
types of institutional measures that would be required to achieve
social justice for Dalit in Nepal and analyses the underlying
causes and nature of the deeply entrenched social, economic,
education and political inequality manifested in the life cycle of
Dalit. The book examines contemporary political transformations,
including state restructuring and federalism processes, and
explores different models of federalism by a variety of experts in
detail; this is done with a view to making specific findings on the
required institutional reform measures for the improvement of Dalit
inclusion and representation in state mechanisms and policies. This
book contributes to the literature on the caste and Dalit discourse
by proposing that the hegemonic caste structure is deeply
entrenched and needs to be deracinated by asserting unified group
politics of recognition in Nepal. Political Transformations in
Nepal will be of interest to academics working on South Asian
Politics, Identity Politics, and Asian Social Policy.
Maintain the flow of vital energy, or Qi, through your body and
promote longevity with Daoist Meridian Yoga. This definitive guide
provides everything you need to develop your practice. It includes
illustrated and detailed instruction on the 24 exercises that work
by stretching, extending and toning specific muscle groups
associated with the twelve main meridians. The book also explains
how to spot signs of imbalance that manifest as physical ailments,
describes the specific channels and internal branches, and provides
meridian charts of the main muscle groups. Drawing on the
traditions of Dao Yin, Qigong and Chinese medicine, Daoist Meridian
Yoga is an ancient system that will help to transform your health
and balance your energy. This book will be an invaluable resource
for Qigong practitioners, and for health practitioners wishing to
prescribe Qigong exercises to ameliorate specific health
conditions.
Do you enjoy listening to music while driving? Do you find radio
traffic information indispensable? Do you appreciate the moments of
your drive in which you can listen to or sing along with whatever
you like? This book shows how we created auditory privacy in cars,
making them feel sound and safe, even though automobiles were
highly noisy things at the beginning of the twentieth century. It
explains how engineers in the automotive industry found pride in
making car engines quieter once they realized that noise stood for
inefficiency. It follows them as they struggle against sounds
audible within the car after the automobile had become a closed
vehicle. It tells how noise-induced fatigue became an issue once
the car became a mass means for touring across the country. It
unravels the initial societal concerns about the dangers of car
radio and what it did to drivers' attention span. It explores how
car drivers listened to their cars' engines to diagnose car
problems, and appreciated radio traffic information for avoiding
traffic jams. And it suggests that their disdain for the
ever-expanding number of roadside noise barriers made them long for
new forms of in-car audio entertainment. This book also allows you
to peep behind the scenes of international standardization
committees and automotive test benches. What did and does the
automotive industry to secure the sounds characteristic for their
makes? Drawing on archives, interviews, beautiful automotive ads,
and literature from the fields of cultural history, science and
technology studies, sound and sensory studies, this book unveils
the history of an everyday phenomenon. It is about the sounds of
car engines, tires, wipers, blinkers, warning signals, in-car audio
systems and, ultimately, about how we became used to listen while
driving.
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