wyszukanych pozycji: 6
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The Automobile: A Chronology of Its Antecedents, Development, and Impact
ISBN: 9780313303081 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This comprehensive chronology of the automobile covers its engineering as well as the social, cultural, and political impact of the car from the invention of the wheel to the O.J. Simpson car chase. It examines the auto industry, the road and roadside, the car in popular culture, gasoline/fuel history, the spatial transformation of cities, air pollution, critics of car culture, traffic accidents, the globalization of car culture, and much more. This is a reference guide for students and scholars of transportation history as well as anyone who has ever asked When did Japan export the first... This comprehensive chronology of the automobile covers its engineering as well as the social, cultural, and political impact of the car from the in... |
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414,81 zł |
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The Automobile: A Chronology of Its Antecedents, Development, and Impact
ISBN: 9781138062054 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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169,47 zł |
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The Automobile: A Chronology of Its Antecedents, Development, and Impact
ISBN: 9781138061699 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1997 and now re-issued with some updated material, this chronology lists the major events in the history of the automobile. The automobile cannot be understood without knowing about its pre-history, including technologies such as railroads, carriages and trolley cars. Material on these is included to the extent that they represented preludes to the modern car culture. The volume also includes material about the technology, design and production of cars and their manufacturers. The ancillary fields of oil production and refining and road building are also covered.... Originally published in 1997 and now re-issued with some updated material, this chronology lists the major events in the history of the automobile.... |
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616,46 zł |
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The Horse in the City: Living Machines in the Nineteenth Century
ISBN: 9781421400433 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The nineteenth century was the golden age of the horse. In urban America, the indispensable horse provided the power for not only vehicles that moved freight, transported passengers, and fought fires but also equipment in breweries, mills, foundries, and machine shops. Clay McShane and Joel A. Tarr, prominent scholars of American urban life, here explore the critical role that the horse played in the growing nineteenth-century metropolis. Using such diverse sources as veterinary manuals, stable periodicals, teamster magazines, city newspapers, and agricultural yearbooks, they examine... The nineteenth century was the golden age of the horse. In urban America, the indispensable horse provided the power for not only vehicles that mov... |
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194,04 zł |
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Down the Asphalt Path: The Automobile and the American City
ISBN: 9780231083911 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Imagine a world without automobiles, traffic lights, and interstate highways. Or the words commuter and parking. For a nation that prides itself on the freedom of movement and the long weekend, this seems nearly impossible. In Down the Asphalt Path, Clay McShane examines the uniquely American relation between automobility and urbanization. Writing at the cutting edge of urban and technological history, McShane focuses on how new transportation systems--most important, the private automobile--and new concepts of the city redefined each other in modern America. We...
Imagine a world without automobiles, traffic lights, and interstate highways. Or the words commuter and parking. For a nation that pride...
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216,39 zł |
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The Automobile: A Chronology of Its Antecedents, Development and Impact
ISBN: 9781579580216 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A chronology of the automobile, covering its engineering as well as the social, cultural and political impact of the car from the invention of the wheel to the O.J. Simpson car chase. It examines the auto industry, the road and roadside, the car in popular culture, petrol/fuel history, the spatial transformation of cities, air pollution, critics of car culture, traffic accidents and the globalization of car culture.
A chronology of the automobile, covering its engineering as well as the social, cultural and political impact of the car from the invention of the whe...
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205,43 zł |