The Suppression of the Automobile: Skulduggery at the Crossroads
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Suppression of the Automobile: Skulduggery at the Crossroads
By (Author) David Beasley
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
7th July 1988
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
338.47629209
Physical Properties
Hardback
192
Description
Contrary to popular belief, the automobile is not a twentieth-century invention. A steam-powered version of this vehicle was in use in Great Britain as early as the 1830s, and both steam- and petroleum-powered automobiles were operating in France and Germany by 1880. This volume traces the world political and economic forces that brought about the suppression of the first steam-powered carriage and the ultimate triumph of the gas-fueled automobile, which has played a crucial role in shaping the modern capitalist economy.
Author Bio
DAVID BEASLEY is a research librarian.
