Gordon M. Sayre

Automobility and the Anthropocene

The Car as Post-Human

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This Element traces the evolution of cars from horsecars, carriages, and bicycles, and the influence of Henry Ford and Alfred P. Sloan on labor standards and consumer behaviors. As the car industry pushes high-tech autonomous or self-driving vehicles, it relies on futuristic fantasies and false promises.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 75
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009526746
• ISBN-10: 100952674X
• Artikelnr.: 74171383

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Cars in twentieth-century social theory and twenty-first century post-humanism
2. Cars and the Anthropocene
3. Cars, futurism, and nostalgia
4. Carbolization
References.