For love of the automobile : looking back into the history of our desires /
In his cultural analysis of the motor car in Germany, Wolfgang Sachs starts from the assumption that the automobile is more than a means of transportation and that its history cannot be understood merely as a triumphant march of technological innovation. Instead, Sachs examines the history of the au...
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| Định dạng: | Licensed eBooks |
| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh Tiếng Đức |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
©1992.
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8501339 |
| Tóm tắt: | In his cultural analysis of the motor car in Germany, Wolfgang Sachs starts from the assumption that the automobile is more than a means of transportation and that its history cannot be understood merely as a triumphant march of technological innovation. Instead, Sachs examines the history of the automobile from the late 1880s until today for evidence on the nature of dreams and desires embedded in modern culture. Written in a lively style and illustrated by a. |
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| Mô tả sách: | Translation of: Die Liebe zum Automobil. |
| Mô tả vật lý: | 1 online resource (viii, 227 pages) : illustrations |
| Thư mục: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-227). |
| số ISBN: | 9780520909885 0520909887 0585283176 9780585283173 9780520354739 0520354737 0520068785 |