| Description |
1 online resource (285 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Theory, culture & society |
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Theory, culture & society.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1 -- Introduction -- 2 -- The 'System' of Automobility -- 3 -- Driving in the City -- 4 -- The Driver-car -- 5 -- Mobility and Safety -- 6 -- Automobility and National Identity -- 7 -- Cars and Nations -- 8 -- Driving Places -- 9 -- Three Ages of the Automobile -- 10 -- Auto Couture -- 11 -- Automotive Emotions -- 12 -- Automobility and the Power of Sound -- 13 -- Doing Office Work on the Motorway -- Index |
| Summary |
Mobility - flows, movement and migration in social life - has emerged as a central area of sociological debate, yet one of its most dominant forms, automobility, has remained largely ignored. Edited by three leading social analysts, Automobilities presents one of the first and most wide-ranging examinations of the car and its promise of autonomy and mobility. Drawing on rich empirical detail, from ethnographies of office work on the motorway to the important of the car in French cultural theory, the contributions demonstrate just how significant have been the economic, technological, social an |
| Notes |
"Originally published as volume 21, numbers 4-5 of Theory, culture & society"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Automobiles -- Social aspects.
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SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Social Aspects.
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Automobiles -- Social aspects
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Autogebruik.
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Sociologische aspecten.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Featherstone, Mike.
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Thrift, N. J.
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Urry, John.
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| ISBN |
9781849206532 |
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1849206538 |
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9781446212578 |
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1446212572 |
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1282262122 |
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9781282262126 |
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9786612262128 |
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6612262125 |
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