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Hell on wheels : the promise and peril of America's car culture, 1900-1940 / David Blanke.
Lippincott Library HE5623 .B58 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blanke, David, 1961-
- Series:
- Culture America
- CultureAmerica
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Automobiles--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Automobiles.
- Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- Traffic accident victims.
- History.
- Automobiles--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Traffic accident victims--United States--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- x, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2007]
- Contents:
- The car and American life, 1900-1940
- Auto use and auto accidents, 1900-1940
- The dysfunctional love affair
- Avoidable accidents and the challenge of automotive citizenship
- Perfection and perfectibility in auto safety reform
- The mirrored glasses : enforcement and the inevitable auto accident.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-255) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780700615155
- 0700615156
- OCLC:
- 83610304
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