Catherine Lutz, Anne Lutz Fernandez

Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Carjacked is an in-depth look at our obsession with cars. While the automobile's contribution to global warming and the effects of volatile gas prices are is widely known, the problems we face every day because of our cars are much more widespread and yet much less known -- from the surprising $14,000 per year that the average family pays each year for the vehicles it owns, to the increase in rates of obesity and asthma to which cars contribute, to the 40,000 deaths and 2.5 million crash injuries each and every year.

Carjacked details the complex impact of the automobile on modern society and shows us how to develop a healthier, cheaper, and greener relationship with cars.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230102194
• Artikelnr.: 38154855

Autorenporträt

Catherine Lutz and Anne Lutz Fernandez

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Dream Car: Myth-making, Western Values, and the Automobile 23
The Pitch: How They Sell
The Pitch: How We Buy
The Catch: What We Really Pay Chapter 6. The Catch: The Rich Get Richer
Why We Drive
Drive Time Remakes Us
Getting Carsick
Full Metal Jacket: The Body Count
Conclusion: A Call to Action