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Are We There Yet?
Are We There Yet? The American Automobile Past, Present, and Driverless © 2019 Dan Albert 304 pages Are we there yet? I mean, at the end of the book? Because it’s not fun. Oh, sure, the author is trying to … Continue reading
Driving with the Devil
Driving with the Devil: Southern Moonshine, Detroit Wheels, and the Birth of NASCAR© 2006 Neil Thompson411 pages Oh Rapid Roy that stock car boy He’s the best driver in the lan’ He say that he learned to race a stock … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, American South, automobiles, food and drink, transportation
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Fighting Traffic
Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City© 2008 Peter Norton396 pages Stroll into the middle of any American city today, and provided you are not in Detroit, odds are better than not you will be … Continue reading
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Tagged automobiles, cities, economics, history, law, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, social change, social history, transportation
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Getting There
Getting There: the Epic Struggle between Road and Rail in the American Century© 1996 Stephen Goddard366 pages Regardless of the status of George Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte, and William Pitt, each man of power traveled at the same speed as the … Continue reading
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Tagged automobiles, critical history, driving, history, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, trains, transportation, trolleys!
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Traffic
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (And What It Says About Us)© 2008 Tom Vanderbilt402 pages Take a brain adapted to move a bit over a hundred pounds of flesh at speeds under 20 miles per hour, and … Continue reading
Asphalt Nation
Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back© 1997 Jane Holtz Kay418 pages Lord, Mister Ford, I just wish you could see what your simple horseless carriage has become! It seems your contribution … Continue reading
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Tagged automobiles, cities, critical history, history, infrastructure, social criticism, Society and Culture, transportation, urbanism
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