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CAR TROUBLES
CRITICAL STUDIES OF AUTOMOBILITY AND AUTO-MOBILITY |
| By: |
Jim Conley, Arlene Tigar McLaren (Editor), Professor Margaret Grieco |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£150.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0754677729 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780754677727 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
28 July, 2009 |
| Series: |
Transport and Society |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
Argues that the car as the dominant mode of travel needs to be problematised. This book examines a wide range of issues that are central to automobility by situating it within social, economic, and political contexts, and by combining social theory, specific case studies and policy-oriented analysis. |
| Synopsis: |
Car Troubles central premise is that the car as the dominant mode of travel needs to be problematized. It examines a wide range of issues that are central to automobility by situating it within social, economic, and political contexts, and by combining social theory, specific case studies and policy-oriented analysis. With an international team of contributors the book provides a coherent and comprehensive analysis of the global phenomenon of automobility from the Anglo world to the cases in China and Chile and all the elements that relate to it. |
| Illustrations: |
includes 3 b&w illustrations, 12 line drawings & 7 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Ashgate Publishing Limited |
| Returns: |
Returnable |