Dimitry Anastakis

Dream Car

Malcolm Bricklin's Fantastic Sv1 and the End of Industrial Modernity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dream Car is the tale of entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin’s sporty, sexy Safety Vehicle-1, a legendary failure in automotive history yet one that reveals much about postwar North America’s economic, political, and cultural evolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 843g
• ISBN-13: 9781487555825
• ISBN-10: 1487555822
• Artikelnr.: 69187808

Autorenporträt

Dimitry Anastakis is the L.R. Wilson and R.J. Currie Chair in Canadian Business History in the Department of History and the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Playlist
Prologue: On Stage, the Four Seasons Restaurant, New York City, June 25,
1974: Malcolm Bricklin, Ritchard Hatfield, and Their Fantastic Car
Introduction: Industrial Modernity, Bricklin, and Industrial Postmodernity,
1890s-1974-2020s
1. The Future (Technology)
2. Entrepreneur (Archetype)
3. Risk (Safety)
4. Showman (Politician)
5. Sex (Gender)
6. Business (The State)
7. Demise (Rebirth)
Conclusion: Malcolm Bricklin and His SV1: From Industrial Modernity to
Industrial Postmodernity
Epilogue: Tesla Factory, Fremont, California, August 2018 - Elon Musk, the
Model 3, and "Production Hell"
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Notes about Sources
Notes
Bibliography
List of Illustrations and Credits
Index