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Hell on Wheels: The Promise and Peril of America's Car Culture, 1900-1940 (Culture America (Hardcover))
David Blanke
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Description for Hell on Wheels: The Promise and Peril of America's Car Culture, 1900-1940 (Culture America (Hardcover))
Hardcover. The emergence of the automobile on the American scene represented many things - excitement, freedom, progress - but also danger, death, and injury. This work tells how the automobile pulled society in two contradictory emotional directions: exhilaration in personal mobility versus anxiety over public safely. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 312 pages, 34 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
The emergence of the automobile on the American scene represented many things - excitement, freedom, progress - but also danger, death, and injury. David Blanke tells how the automobile pulled society in two contradictory emotional directions: exhilaration in personal mobility versus anxiety over public safely. By investigating who owned cars, how they drove, and what kinds of accidents occurred, he shows how Americans struggled to resolve this dilemma. Drawing on extensive research into public safety studies, insurance records, and drivers' own stories, ""Hell on Wheels"" is an unprecedented survey of the social, political, and cultural repercussions of auto accidents. Blanke ... Read more
The emergence of the automobile on the American scene represented many things - excitement, freedom, progress - but also danger, death, and injury. David Blanke tells how the automobile pulled society in two contradictory emotional directions: exhilaration in personal mobility versus anxiety over public safely. By investigating who owned cars, how they drove, and what kinds of accidents occurred, he shows how Americans struggled to resolve this dilemma. Drawing on extensive research into public safety studies, insurance records, and drivers' own stories, ""Hell on Wheels"" is an unprecedented survey of the social, political, and cultural repercussions of auto accidents. Blanke ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
CultureAmerica
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700615155
SKU
V9780700615155
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About David Blanke
David Blanke is associate professor of history at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi and author of The 1910s and Sowing the American Dream.
Reviews for Hell on Wheels: The Promise and Peril of America's Car Culture, 1900-1940 (Culture America (Hardcover))
An innovative and compelling analysis of American efforts to reduce automobile accidents in the first four decades of the twentieth century. Blanke finally explains the paradox between American drivers' concerns about the lack of safety on the highways and their failure to drive more responsibly.... A sophisticated and significant contribution to the literature. Joel W. Eastman, author of Styling vs. ... Read more