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Women behind the wheel : an unexpected and personal history of the car / Nancy A. Nichols.
Van Pelt - New Book Display TL152.3 .N53 2024
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nichols, Nancy A., 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Automobiles--Social aspects--History.
- Automobiles.
- Automobiles--Symbolic aspects--History.
- Women automobile drivers--Social aspects--History.
- Women automobile drivers.
- Women automobile drivers--Psychological aspects--History.
- Feminism--United States--History.
- Feminism.
- Automobile travel--United States--History.
- Automobile travel.
- Social evolution.
- Physical Description:
- 230 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- polychrome
- illustration
- Edition:
- First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2024
- Summary:
- "From the adolescent thrill of getting a driver's license to the dreaded commutes of adulthood, from vintage muscle cars to electric vehicles, this groundbreaking book documents the outsized impact the car has had--and will continue to have-- on the lives of women."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Birth of a car salesman
- My mother's Chevy Convertible and sexual freedom
- My sister's Mustang: a fashion accessory made of steel
- The moving van
- My first car: speed, power, and women's liberation
- The Punch Buggy: the Volkswagen Beetle and violence against women
- New York City
- My Honda Odyssey: minivans and moms
- Cars, consumption, and cancer
- Automotive maternity and the Volvo
- My Subaru: gender and the lesbian car
- The pious Prius and the bicycle: a story about violence and the car
- COVID-19, cars and the hated commute
- Paying the pink tax: the high cost of driving while female
- Back to the future in the electric "ladies" car
- Tomorrow's vehicle: autonomous, connected, distracting, and dangerous
- Actual miles may vary: the story we tell ourselves about the car.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1639365591
- 9781639365593
- OCLC:
- 1384415373
- Publisher Number:
- 99996087714
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