Carjacked : the culture of the automobile and its effect on our lives
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Carjacked : the culture of the automobile and its effect on our lives
AUTHOR:
Lutz, Catherine
Fernandez, Anne Lutz
ISBN:
9780230618138
EDITION:
1st ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xiv, 254 p. ; 25 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS:
The United States of automobiles -- Dream car : myth-making, American values, and the automobile -- The pitch : how they sell -- The pitch : how we buy -- The catch : what we really pay -- The catch : the rich get richer -- What drives us -- Getting carsick -- Full metal jacket : the body count -- Conclusion: A call to action.
SUBJECT:
| Automobiles -- Social aspects -- United States -- History |