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...
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...
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....