Automobiles

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A Future of Cars and Canada
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A Future of Cars and Canada

From: Car Nation Canada

In this concluding chapter, Anastakis offers an overview of how automobiles have fundamentally shaped Canadian society, economy, and landscapes. He deals with how Canada’s infrastructure … 5 $0.50 Add
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Campus Parking and the Car as a Third Place

Campus Parking and the Car as a Third Place

Asphalt Grievances and Commuter Sociability

From: Degrees of Failure

Using the examples of three Canadian schools, this chapter demonstrates how issues concerning the automobile, especially both the lack and expansion of on-campus parking, have become major policy … 13 $1.30 Add
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Canada’s New Carscape:

Canada’s New Carscape:

Town and Country Remade

From: Car Nation

1912-1930. Analyzes the spread of the car in popularity and the freedom it represented to Canadians as you could now travel across the country, the changes to cities because of the car, road … 17 $1.70 Add
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Canada’s New Carscape: Town and Country Remade
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Canada’s New Carscape: Town and Country Remade

From: Car Nation Canada

In this chapter, Anastakis describes the impact of autos and Canadian transport networks, building new highways and road systems. He examines how urban development patterns modified to … 14 $1.40 Add
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Canadian Motordom in Depression and War

Canadian Motordom in Depression and War

From: Car Nation

1930-1945. Looks at the downturn for the auto industry during the Great Depression, the unionization of the industry, and the effect of WWII on the auto industry. Specifically uses the life of … 17 $1.70 Add
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Canadian Motordom in  Depression and War
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Canadian Motordom in Depression and War

From: Car Nation Canada

In this chapter, Anastakis covers the 1930s and the Second World War period. Topics include the auto and the 1930s Depression, war production by auto manufacturers, union organizing in the war … 14 $1.40 Add
Car Nation

Car Nation

An Illustrated History of Canada's Transformation Behind the Wheel

Canadians fell in love with the car at first glance. They were scared by it too, and by its potential. Canada was quick to become a car nation, as the automobile was enthusiastically adopted by … 96 View
Car Nation Canada
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Car Nation Canada

An illustrated history

A full-colour illustrated history of cars and car-makers, with images of Canadian cars old and new, plus car company ads and promotional images. Canadians have been building cars from the … 106 View
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Cars, Canadians, and the  Twenty-First Century
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Cars, Canadians, and the Twenty-First Century

From: Car Nation Canada

In this chapter, Anastakis describes the history of the Canadian auto sector from its historic peaks in 2000-2026. He highlights how shifting trade rules challenged the integrated … 6 $0.60 Add
Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?

Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?

Public Transit in the Age of Google, Uber, and Elon Musk

Public transportation is in crisis. Through an assessment of the history of automobility in North America, the “three revolutions” in automotive transportation, as well as the current … 306 View
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Driving into the World, from Oil Crisis to Today

Driving into the World, from Oil Crisis to Today

From: Car Nation

1973 – 2005. Looks at the oil shock of 1973, looks at the car industries involvement in nationalism, continentialism, and globalization, the development of fuel economy & emissions … 17 $1.70 Add
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Driving into the World: From the Oil Crisis to the Millenium
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Driving into the World: From the Oil Crisis to the Millenium

From: Car Nation Canada

In this chapter, Anastakis describes the history of Canada’s auto industry from early 1970s to 2000. He covers the history of key manufacturing firms, including incoming Japanese and Swedish … 14 $1.40 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

Machines, People, Places and a World Transformed

From: Car Nation

Examines the car as a technology that changed the world as we know it. Outlines that the car became a fulcrum for human interaction. Looks at the American Influence on the Canadian Car Industry. … 9 $0.90 Add
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King Car:

King Car:

The Automobile’s Golden Age

From: Car Nation

1945-1973. Analyzes the Great post-war boom in the car industry and argues that the automobile emblems of the era They represented a new industrial might, a new ethos of consumption and a new … 19 $1.90 Add
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King Car: The Automobile’s Golden
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King Car: The Automobile’s Golden

From: Car Nation Canada

In this chapter, Anastakis describes how the automotive industry was key in defining post-1945 Canadian economic growth and prosperity. Union successes in wage negotiations built a well-paid work … 16 $1.60 Add
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Machines, People, Places and a World Transformed
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Machines, People, Places and a World Transformed

From: Car Nation Canada

In this introductory chapter, Anastakis offers an overview of the history of autos, auto manufaturing and car culture in Canada. 6 $0.60 Add