About this title: People are unfair to the car. They criticise what it has done to society, without giving due recognition to what is has done for society- which was effectively to liberate it. The development of the car has been distracted, delayed and debased by all manner of social pressures; any failure to keep its initial promise, Setright argues, is not the ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta UK
Date Published: 2003-11-01
ISBN-13:9781862076280ISBN:1862076286
Description: Very Good. This is a great book in like new condition but cover jacket shows very slight signs of water spill on back and a very small tear on top corner. We provide USPS confirmation tracking and email when we ship. We want your complete satifaction. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Palawan Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780954258504ISBN:0954258509
Description: Good. Cover type-This book is a paperback copy. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Edition: Limited Edition
Binding: Hardcover/Slipcased.
Publisher: Palawan, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780954258504ISBN:0954258509
Description: New in no d as issued jacket. ISBN: 0954258509: [4to] 312p. ill. (300 b/w & col_photos) One of 250 copies, numbered 251-500, the book is quarter bound in red buckram, with yellow buckram on the front and back boards and is foil blocked on the front and spine. The book is enclosed in a red buckram slipcase. New in Slipcase. Some writers have previously studied what the car has done to society, but they have invariably taken a view that has been either geographically too narrow or historically ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: GRANTA BOOKS
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781862076280ISBN:1862076286
Description: Ex-Library Published by Granta Books in 2003. Binding: Hardback with Dust jacket. Number of pages: 500. Ex. Library copy-usual stamps and marks. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. #8605059 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: GRANTA
Date Published: 2003
Description: Published by GRANTA in 2003, hardback with D/J, medium size, good in good D/W, covers good, gilt titled spine, decorative front cover, with photographs, index. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Granta Books, UK
ISBN-13:9781862076983ISBN:1862076987
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. Stimulating, informative, provocative, and witty, "Drive On! " charts the international history of the car, decade by decade, examining how cars have adapted as a result of what society has demanded of them. While some chapters are devoted to quirky topics like "Where to Stop" and "What to Wear, " others look at the technological changes of ... read more
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