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The car, the rise and fall of the machine that made the modern world, Bryan Appleyard

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The car, the rise and fall of the machine that made the modern world, Bryan Appleyard

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-545) and filmography (pages 547-548)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The car

Nature of contents

bibliographyfilmographies

Oclc number

1352247761

Responsibility statement

Bryan Appleyard

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

Sub title

the rise and fall of the machine that made the modern world

Summary

"More than any other technology, cars have transformed American popular culture. Cars have created vast wealth as well as novel dreams of freedom and mobility. They have transformed our sense of distance and made the world infinitely more available. They have inspired cinema, music and literature; they have, by their need for roads, bridges, filling stations, huge factories and global supply chains, re-engineered the world. Bryan Appleyard's brilliantly insightful book tells the story of the rise and fall of the incredible machine that made the modern world what it is today" --, Back cover

Table Of Contents

Introduction: The last space of freedom -- Part one: Makers -- 1. The fire inside -- 2. Mechanically uncanny -- 3. The pyramids of the Third Reich -- 4. Desire -- 5. The East Wind prevails over the West Wind -- Part two: Breakers -- 6. The hither edge of free land -- 7. More than just cars -- 8. The displaced heart -- 9. Backlash -- 10. Electrified autonomy -- Epilogue

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Car, a biography of the machine that made the modern world

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