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Author Hansen, Arve

Title Cars, Automobility and Development in Asia : Wheels of change
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (213 pages)
Series Routledge Studies in Transport, Environment and Development
Routledge studies in transport, environment and development.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Part I Introduction; 1 Wheels of change: cars, automobility and development in Asia; Part II Driving development: car industries and national development; 2 Comparative policies for automotive development in Southeast Asia; 3 The Asian automotive industry and labour organising; 4 Revolution or evolution? The making of the automobile sector as a key industry in mid-twentieth century India; 5 Proton -- Malaysia's national car project: between success and failure?
Part III Contested car cultures: consuming automobility6 Doi moi on two and four wheels: capitalist development and motorised mobility in Vietnam; 7 Transport and mobility: the Filipino via crucis; 8 The shared road: cars, pedestrians and bicyclists in Japan; 9 Car crazy: the rise of car culture in China; 10 The rise and fall of the 'people's car': middle-class aspirations, status and mobile symbolism in 'New India'; Index
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Form Electronic book
Author Nielsen, Kenneth Bo
ISBN 9781317396710
1317396715