Hell on Wheels: The Promise and Peril of America's Car Culture, 1900-1940 by Dav

Description: Hell on Wheels by David Blanke Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description The emergence of the automobile on the American scene represented many things - excitement, freedom, progress - but also danger, death, and injury. This work tells how the automobile pulled society in two contradictory emotional directions: exhilaration in personal mobility versus anxiety over public safely. Publisher Description The emergence of the automobile on the American scene represented many things - excitement, freedom, progress - but also danger, death, and injury. David Blanke tells how the automobile pulled society in two contradictory emotional directions: exhilaration in personal mobility versus anxiety over public safely. By investigating who owned cars, how they drove, and what kinds of accidents occurred, he shows how Americans struggled to resolve this dilemma. Drawing on extensive research into public safety studies, insurance records, and drivers own stories, ""Hell on Wheels"" is an unprecedented survey of the social, political, and cultural repercussions of auto accidents. Blanke shows how the ""automotive love affair"" emerged as a powerful component of driving and explores the growing tension between the allure of the open road and the risk of auto accidents. Along the way, he considers a host of shared values that defined the automobile age, such as the romantic freedom of driving and the common ownership of the nations roadways. In exposing the critical choices between collective safety and individual liberty, he recounts how Americans confronted the tensions between enforcing traffic rules and preserving drivers liberty. In the days before mandatory drivers education or licensing, people felt they were responsible but not accountable to the law - with the result that, between 1900 and 1940, auto accidents claimed nearly 200,000 more American lives than World War II. Blanke describes how Americans understood and responded to the new and dangerous personal freedoms unleashed by mass automobile use, examines their willingness to accept restrictions on their right to drive, and demonstrates the resulting failure of efforts to significantly reduce accidents. He then tells how fear of accident-prone drivers triggered safety reforms, improved road and car design, bettered driver training, and brought about stricter law enforcement. Since the dawn of the auto, more than 3.2 million Americans have been killed in car accidents, yet we still thrill to the open road and feel constrained by highway speed limits. ""Hell on Wheels"" is a captivating study that shows how this love affair remains a powerful force in our national life. Author Biography David Blanke is associate professor of history at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi and author of The 1910s and Sowing the American Dream. Details ISBN 0700615156 ISBN-13 9780700615155 Title Hell on Wheels Author David Blanke Format Hardcover Year 2007 Pages 312 Publisher University Press of Kansas GE_Item_ID:8389628; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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