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Canada’s New Carscape: Town and Country Remade
From: Car Nation Canada
$1.40
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 accommodate autos and how farmers and rural life was impacted. Other impacts of car ownership discussed are changed social habits, travel, and gender expectations. With extensive illustrations.
Contributors
Dimitry Anastakis
Dimitry Anastakis is professor and the Wilson/Currie Chair in Canadian Business History at the University of Toronto and his primary research examines Canada's role in the North American auto industry. He is the author of numerous books, including Dream Car: Malcolm Bricklin’s Fantastic SV1 and the End of Industrial Modernity and Auto Pact: Creating a Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1960–1971. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
