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Highways to heaven, the auto biography of America, Christopher Finch

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Highways to heaven, the auto biography of America, Christopher Finch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-403) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Highways to heaven

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

23218985

Responsibility statement

Christopher Finch

Sub title

the auto biography of America

Summary

From the early days of the horseless carriage to tomorrow's dream cars, the history of the automobile has been inextricably intertwined with the culture of twentieth-century America. The automobile altered everything, from the way crimes were committed to the way courtships were conducted, and the car itself came to embody power and independence, becoming the ultimate erotic accessory--a sexual object of sometimes ambiguous gender. In Highways to Heaven, Christopher Finch chronicles the dramatic rise of the automobile and describes how it transformed the American landscape and the American psyche. He evokes the ambitious men who created a giant industry and shows how that industry, and our passion for the automobile, shaped the world we live in today--the world of freeways and exurbs, of shopping malls and fast-food franchises--even determining the character of whole cities like Los Angeles

Table Of Contents

pt. 1. Highways to heaven -- Red cards and redoubtable buggies -- Self-starters -- Arterial auguries -- American algorithms -- Automoville I -- From Duesenbergs to the dust bowl -- pt. 2. Boomtime -- Pike dreams -- Feats of clay -- Freeways and franchisers -- Automoville II -- Minis and muscle cars -- pt. 3. Crisis -- Invasions of privacy -- Introversions -- Retrenchment -- Automoville III -- Admonitions and alternatives -- Multinational matters

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