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000433954 05000 $$aHE5623$$b.F56 1992
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000433954 1001_ $$aFinch, Christopher.
000433954 24510 $$aHighways to heaven :$$bthe auto biography of America /$$cChristopher Finch.
000433954 250__ $$a1st ed.
000433954 260__ $$aNew York, NY :$$bHarperCollins Publishers,$$cc1992.
000433954 300__ $$a416 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000433954 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000433954 5050_ $$aPt. 1. Highways to heaven -- Red cards and redoubtable buggies -- Self-starters -- Arterial auguries -- American algorithms -- Automoville I -- From Duesenbergs to the dust bowl -- Pt. 2. Boomtime -- Pike dreams -- Feats of clay -- Freeways and franchisers -- Automoville II -- Minis and muscle cars -- Pt. 3. Crisis -- Invasions of privacy -- Introversions -- Retrenchment -- Automoville III -- Admonitions and alternatives -- Multinational matters.
000433954 520__ $$aFrom the early days of the horseless carriage to tomorrow's dream cars, the history of the automobile has been inextricably intertwined with the culture of twentieth-century America. The automobile altered everything, from the way crimes were committed to the way courtships were conducted, and the car itself came to embody power and independence, becoming the ultimate erotic accessory--a sexual object of sometimes ambiguous gender. In Highways to Heaven, Christopher Finch chronicles the dramatic rise of the automobile and describes how it transformed the American landscape and the American psyche. He evokes the ambitious men who created a giant industry and shows how that industry, and our passion for the automobile, shaped the world we live in today--the world of freeways and exurbs, of shopping malls and fast-food franchises--even determining the character of whole cities like Los Angeles.
000433954 530__ $$aAlso issued online.
000433954 650_0 $$aAutomobiles$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States$$xHistory.
000433954 85200 $$bgen$$hHE5623$$i.F56$$i1992
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