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Against Automobility

By Steffen Bohm , Campbell Jones , Chris Land , Matthew Paterson

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2006
ISBN
9781405152709, 1405152702
Open Library ID
OL22738088M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2306245 bytes)
Series
Sociological Review Monographs
Edition
1
Pages
254\254
Library
Great Science Textbooks DVD Library 2007
Time added
2009-10-26 09:21:54

Description

Despite its promise of freedom and autonomy, the ubiquity of the automobile has influenced unforeseen ecological, social, and political change. In Against Automobility, a panel of distinguished scholars take a critical look at the contradiction of the automobile.A critical account of the impact of the car on society, which is both liberated by and reliant upon motor vehicles.Written by a panel of distinguished scholars from varying disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.Examines automobility's effect on environmental, social, and political issues.- Will be of interest to those whose research focuses on geography, politics, consumption and cultural studies, critical theory, and the sociology of objects and everyday life.

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