The Automobile: A Chronology Of Its Antecedents, Development, And Impact [Hardcover]

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 car to the U.S.? or When and how was smog discovered? or What make of car did Chuck Berry drive?CLAY McSHANE is Professor of History at Northeastern University and a noted authority on transportation history. Among his earlier publications isDown the Asphalt Path: American Cities and the Automobile.

Prelude: To 1886
From Benz to Ford: 1886-1907
The Model T Era: 1908-1926
Peace and War: 1927-1945
The Age of Muscle and Smog: 1946-1964
End of the Honeymoon: 1965-1980
Revival: 1981-1995
Appendix: Car Museums in the U.S.
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