The Cultural Life of the Automobile : Roads to Modernity / Guillermo Giucci ; translated by Anne Mayagoitia and Debra Nagao.
"From its invention in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century, the automobile crisscrossed the world, completely took over the cities, and became a feature of daily life. Considered basic to the American lifestyle, the car reflected individualism, pragmatism, comfort, and above all, modern...
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| Other title: | Vida cultural del automóvil. English. |
| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st University of Texas Press ed. |
| Series: | LLILAS Translations from Latin America series.
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Table of Contents:
- Henry Ford : from popular inventor to legend
- Fordism and cultural circulation
- The transnational object
- Contradictions of mobility
- Mechanical actors
- Final remarks : kinetic modernity and the automobile.