Car Cultures

Author : Daniel Miller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000181432

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Car Cultures by Daniel Miller Pdf

Anyone who assumes that a car is simply a means to get from point A to point B, or who even thinks that they know what a car is, should read this book. Profoundly shaped by culture, the car gives rise to a wide range of emotions, from guilt about the environment in the UK to aboriginal concerns with car corpses, to struggles to keep the creatures alive with everything but the proper spare parts in West Africa. Cars and their landscapes prove central to human life from its most intimate to the widest sense of global crisis, and are capable of inspiring epic passions. From road rage in Western Europe to the struggles of cab driving in Africa to the emergence of Black identity in the US, this book examines the essential humanity of the car, which includes the jealousies, gender differences, fears and moralities that cars give rise to. Firmly grounded in detailed ethnographic and historical scholarship, this is the first book to provide an informed sense of cars as one of the most familiar and significant forms of material culture.

Author : Jim Hinckley,Jon G. Robinson
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0760319650

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The Big Book of Car Culture by Jim Hinckley,Jon G. Robinson Pdf

With the powerful, rhythmic sounds of Aboriginal English and Kokatha language woven through the narrative, Mazin Grace is the inspirational story of a feisty girl who refuses to be told who she is, determined to uncover the truth for herself. Growing up on the Mission isn’t easy for clever Grace Oldman. When her classmates tease her for not having a father, she doesn’t know what to say. Pappa Neddy says her dad is the Lord God in Heaven, but that doesn’t help when the Mission kids call her a bastard. As Grace slowly pieces together clues that might lead to answers, she struggles to find a place in a community that rejects her for reasons she doesn’t understand. In this novel, author Dylan Coleman fictionalizes her mother’s childhood at the Koonibba Lutheran Mission in South Australia in the 1940s and 1950s.

Author : Peter Wollen,Joe Kerr
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1861891326

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Autopia by Peter Wollen,Joe Kerr Pdf

The reach of the car today is almost universal, and its effect on landscapes, cityscapes, cultures indeed, on the very fabric of the modern world is profound. Cars have brought benefits to individuals in terms of mobility and expanded horizons, but the cost has been very high in terms of damage to the environment and the consumption of precious resources. Despite the growing belief that a Faustian price is now being paid for the freedom cars have bestowed on us, we are none the less manufacturing them in ever greater numbers. Autopia is the first book to explore the culture of the motor car in the widest possible sense. Featuring newly commissioned essays by writers, critics, historians, artists and film-makers, as well as reprinting key texts, it examines the effect of the car throughout the world, including the USA, Western and Eastern Europe, Japan, China, Cuba, India and South Africa. In this book the car is treated neither as a technological fetish object nor as an instrument of danger. Instead, it is examined as a hugely important determinant of 20th-century culture, neither wholly good nor an unmitigated disaster, and certainly endlessly fascinating. Contributors include Michael Bracewell, Ziauddin Sardar, Al Rees, Martin Pawley, Donald Richie and Peter Hamilton. Key texts by Marshall Berman, Jane Jacobs, Roland Barthes, Marc Auge and others."

Author : Tom Cotter,Bill Warner
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780760350263

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Cuba's Car Culture by Tom Cotter,Bill Warner Pdf

Welcome to Cuba's automotive time capsule, filled with classic cars. The story of how Cuba came to be trapped in automotive time is a fascinating one. For decades, the island country had enjoyed healthy tourism trade and American outpost status, and by the 1950s it had the highest per capita automotive purchasing of any Latin American country - its middle class ensured an interesting variety of vehicles plying the roads. But when Cuba fell to communist rebels in 1959, so ended the inflow of new cars. Since then, trade embargo forced Cuba's car enthusiasts to develop a unique and insular culture, one marked by great creativity, such as: Keeping a car alive with no opportunity to acquire replacement parts; customizing a car with no access to aftermarket parts; drag racing with no drag strip. In many ways, Cuba is an automotive time warp, where the newest car is a 1959 Chevy or perhaps one of the Soviet Ladas. Cuba's Car Culture offers an inside look at a unique car culture, populated with cars that have been cut off from the world so long that they've morphed into something else in the spirit of automotive survival. Authors Tom Cotter and Bill Warner (founder of the Amelia Island Concours) take readers of Cuba's Car Culture on a whirlwind tour of all things automotive, beginning with Cuba's pre-Castro car and racing history and bringing us up to today's lost collector cars, street racing, and the challenges of keeping decades-old cars on the road. The book is illustrated throughout with rare historical photos as well as contemporary photos of Cuba's current car scene. For anyone who enjoys classic cars, from old Chevy Bel-Airs to Studebakers to Ford Fairlanes, a cruise around Cuba will make you feel like a kid in a candy store.

Author : Ben Bradley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Automobile travel
ISBN : 0774834196

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British Columbia by the Road by Ben Bradley Pdf

In British Columbia by the Road, Ben Bradley takes readers on an unprecedented journey through the history of roads, highways, and motoring in British Columbia's Interior, a remote landscape composed of plateaus and interlocking valleys, soaring mountains and treacherous passes. Challenging the idea that the automobile offered travelers the freedom of the road and a view of unadulterated nature, Bradley shows that boosters, businessmen, conservationists, and public servants manipulated what drivers and passengers could and should view from the comfort of their vehicles. Although cars and roads promised freedom, they offered drivers a curated view of the landscape that shaped the province's image in the eyes of residents and visitors alike.

Author : David Thoms,Len Holden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351885461

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The Motor Car and Popular Culture in the Twentieth Century by David Thoms,Len Holden Pdf

This is a multidisciplinary analysis of the relationship between the motor car and popular culture in the 20th century, which brings together original essays by academics in the UK, North America and Australia. The contributors write from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, including semiotics, social history, literary and film criticism, and musicology. Three main themes are addressed: the car as a cultural image; its impact on leisure and entertainment; and the cultural significance of the processes of manufacturing and selling cars.

Author : Edward K. Reavie
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0738584398

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St. Ignace Car Culture by Edward K. Reavie Pdf

St. Ignace hosted its first car show in 1976 as part of the bicentennial celebration. Over the years, the annual gathering has grown into one of the largest collector-vehicle events in the country. This lakeside community overlooking the mighty Mackinac Bridge and historic Mackinac Island boasts a spectacular waterfront--the perfect backdrop for a stunning array of eye-catching vehicles. In the early years, media referred to this show as "dessert." As the numbers of participants and attendees grew, it became known as the "main course." For teenagers growing up in the 1950s it was all new--cruisin', drive-ins, drag strips, the country's intense love affair with the automobile, and the birth of rock 'n roll. Over 34 years, the St. Ignace Car Show has brought hundreds of automotive legends to town, and car-show traffic set crossing records on the Mackinac Bridge that are unlikely ever to be broken. So fire up the hot rod and cruise back to a simpler time . . . all these cars and still no traffic light!

Author : Rudi Volti
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801883997

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Cars and Culture by Rudi Volti Pdf

A succinct yet comprehensive history, Cars and Culture highlights the technical changes that altered the appearance and performance of automobiles, along with the myriad forces that have shaped the car's development.

Author : Dorothy K. Fletcher
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625859433

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Jacksonville on Wheels: A Car Culture Retrospective by Dorothy K. Fletcher Pdf

Jacksonville has long been a mecca for car enthusiasts and collectors, due in part to the city's unique automotive history. Bystanders gazed in wonder as John Einig drove Florida's very first steam-powered horseless carriage through the streets in 1889. Fred Gilbert opened the first automobile dealership in 1903, just before the city's first automobile parade, and people were soon clamoring to buy cars of their own. Claude Nolan, whose local dealership has been in business for well over a century, gained fame for racing his Cadillac against an airplane at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds. NASCAR held races at the Jacksonville Speedway in the '50s and '60s. Author Dorothy K. Fletcher explores the rich history and memories of car culture in the River City.

Author : John A. Jakle,Keith A. Sculle
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0813922666

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Lots of Parking by John A. Jakle,Keith A. Sculle Pdf

"Like Jakle and Sculle's earlier works on car culture, Lots of Parking will fascinate professional planners, landscape designers, geographers, environmental historians, and interested citizens alike."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : David Lanier Lewis,Laurence Goldstein
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : 047208044X

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The Automobile and American Culture by David Lanier Lewis,Laurence Goldstein Pdf

Presents essays on all phases of the American automobile industry and the effect of its product on individual lives and the culture of the society.

Author : James J. Flink
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:819681698

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The Car Culture by James J. Flink Pdf

Author : Ryan K. ZumMallen
Publisher : Carrara Media
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780578560373

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Slow Car Fast by Ryan K. ZumMallen Pdf

Slow Car Fast: The Millennial Mantra Changing Car Culture for Good explores the changing tides of car culture and re-examines the meaning of being a “car guy” in 2020. Veteran automotive journalist Ryan K. ZumMallen parses this world through the drivers, tuners and designers that live and breathe it against the fertile backdrop of Southern California. How did horsepower and speed get so out of control? Do young people still like cars? Who are the automotive icons that will shape car culture for years to come? Slow Car Fast offers answers to the questions on the mind of every kid who grew up with a poster on their wall and dreamed of owning their dream car one day, ferreted out through first-hand reporting on the ground. ZumMallen goes inside the automotive zeitgeist to explain how modern car culture came to be, from the old-school (massive improvements in engineering and technology) to the new-school (the rise of video games and social media). Featuring interviews with dozens of influential voices and ride-alongs in today's automotive unicorns, Slow Car Fast is a must-have eBook for anyone who knows that getting behind the wheel is only the beginning.

Author : Catherine Lutz,Anne Lutz Fernandez
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0230618138

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Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives by Catherine Lutz,Anne Lutz Fernandez Pdf

Carjacked is an in-depth look at our obsession with cars. While the automobile's contribution to global warming and the effects of volatile gas prices is widely known, the problems we face every day because of our cars are much more widespread and yet much less known -- from the surprising $14,000 that the average family pays each year for the vehicles it owns, to the increase in rates of obesity and asthma to which cars contribute, to the 40,000 deaths and 2.5 million crash injuries each and every year. Carjacked details the complex impact of the automobile on modern society and shows us how to develop a healthier, cheaper, and greener relationship with cars.

Author : M. Brottman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137093219

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Car Crash Culture by M. Brottman Pdf

A morbidly fascinating and articulate collection of essays, this book explores the grim underside of America's cult of the automobile and the disturbing, frequently conspiratorial, speculations that arise whenever the car becomes the cause or the site of human death. Through analysis of fatal celebrity car accidents and other examples of death by automobile, as well as through personal memoir and forensic reports, cultural critics ponder our very human fascination with the car crash. Topics include the roles and experiences of passengers and bystanders, car crash conspiracy theories, the automobile as a site of murder, studies of car crash cinema, and psychological interpretations of the notion of the 'accident.' The book features original essays by such underground icons as Kenneth Anger and Adam Parfrey.