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Book SynopsisA world without cars would be unrecognizable. They have altered the shape of our cities, transformed our nations and landscapes, revolutionised the way we make and buy things, and profoundly influenced our relationship with speed itself. From the Ford Model T and the legacy of mass production, to the GM LaSalle and the birth of style and obsolescence, and from the original Volkswagen expression of national identity to the GM Firebird and the desire for frictionless movement, this book presents the car as the driving force that accelerated the twentieth century. It takes an in-depth look at the history of the automobile and its impact, to better understand where we might want to go in the future.
Trade Review'those of you who have visited the V&A's Cars...will know how utterly captivating the exhibition is. Here's the next best thing...' -- Autocar, Wednesday 1st April 2020 'an accompanying 200-page book you'd be crazy not to buy...' -- Steve Cropley, Autocar, Wednesday 8th January 2020; 'The show at the V&A might have shut early, a victim of the lockdown, but the most fascinating elements are all in here.' Edwin Heathcote, Financial Times Summer Books of 2020, June 27th 2020
Table of ContentsForeword, Tristram Hunt | Introduction, Brendan Cormier and Lizzie Bisley | Going Fast | Fast Futures, Brendan Cormier| The Design of Speed, Brendan Cormier | In My Ford Fiesta, Oli Stratford | Making More | The Manufacture of Plenty, Lizzie Bisley | Almost Like a Car, Georgina Voss | Making the Modern Consumer, Esme Hawes | Oh Lord, Won't You Buy Me a Mercedes-Benz, Johanna Agerman Ross | Shaping Space | The Race to Extraction, Lizzie Bisley | Water Wars and the Miracle Metal, Laurence Blair | Driving the Nation, Brendan Cormier | Political Symbolism and the Nyayo Pioneer Car, Nanjala Nyabola | The Express City, Brendan Cormier | There Are No Cars in Wakanda, Allison Arieff | Notes | Bibliography | Acknowledgements | Contributors | Picture Credits | Index
