
Car wars
how the car won our hearts and conquered our cities
Edición de la obra Car wars
| Autor | Graeme Davison |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Allen & unwin |
| Fecha de publicación | 2004 |
| Lugar | Crows Nest, NSW |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 308 |
| ISBN-10 | 1741142075 |
| OCLC | 56719942 |
| Número de Cutter | D265c |
Graeme Davison explores the Melbourne he knows so well to show us how the car entered our consciousness - as an object of desire, a symbol of status, a creator of freedoms, a shaper of sexual mores. His is a journey through landscapes changed and cities redesigned by the car, and a story of mayhem on the road and influence in the world of politics, of communities challenged and the environment threatened, and of an ongoing love affair with a machine. "Graeme Davison, Australia's leading urban historian, explores the Melbourne he knows so well to show us how the car entered our national consciousness--as an object of desire, a status symbol, a creator of freedoms, a shaper of sexual mores." ... "Car Wars is a history of people, landscapes, conflict, engineering, social movements and the environment."--Back cover.