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- catalog abstract "From 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.".
- catalog contributor b3538530.
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description "From 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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "pt. 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.".
- catalog extent "416 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Highways to heaven.".
- catalog identifier "0060165510 (cloth) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Highways to heaven.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers,".
- catalog relation "Highways to heaven.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "303.48/32 20".
- catalog subject "Automobiles Social aspects United States History.".
- catalog subject "HE5623 .F56 1991".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 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.".
- catalog title "Highways to heaven : the auto biography of America / Christopher Finch.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".