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Author McCarthy, Tom, 1959-

Title Auto mania : cars, consumers, and the environment / Tom McCarthy.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description xx, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-332) and index.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction : The great experiment -- 1. The arrogance of wealth -- 2. Foresight and emotion -- 3. A monstrously big thing -- 4. An industrial epic -- 5. The death and afterlife of automobiles -- 6. Cadillacs and community -- 7. Disenchanted with Detroit -- 8. If we can put a man on the Moon... -- 9. The one who got it -- 10. Out of my dead hands -- 11. Small was beautiful -- 12. The riddle of the sport utility vehicle -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.
Subject Automobile industry and trade -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Automobile industry and trade.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Automobiles -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Automobiles -- Environmental aspects.
Consumer behavior -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Consumer behavior.
ISBN 9780300110388 clothbound alkaline paper
0300110383 clothbound alkaline paper