Car wars

How the car won our hearts and conquered our cities

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Automotive, History, Domestic
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Author: Graeme Davison ISBN: 9781741152807
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Publication: February 1, 2004
Imprint: Allen & Unwin Language: English
Author: Graeme Davison
ISBN: 9781741152807
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publication: February 1, 2004
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Language: English

This is the story of how the car changed a society.

Graeme Davison, Australia's leading urban historian, 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 fascinating journey through landscapes changed and cities redesigned by the car, 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.

Car Wars is a history of people, politics, landscapes, conflict, engineering, social movements and the environment. It is a story that is erudite, illuminating and elegantly told.

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This is the story of how the car changed a society.

Graeme Davison, Australia's leading urban historian, 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 fascinating journey through landscapes changed and cities redesigned by the car, 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.

Car Wars is a history of people, politics, landscapes, conflict, engineering, social movements and the environment. It is a story that is erudite, illuminating and elegantly told.

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