Why We Drive - The Past, Present, and Future of Automobiles in America

Informationen zum Autor Andy Singer has been cartooning for over twenty years and his cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, Discover, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Boston's Weekly Dig, San Diego CityBeat, and many other magazines and newspapers. His weekly syndicated strip No Exit ran in 24 papers simultaneously during its peak. Andy is cochair of the Saint Paul Bicycle Coalition, trying to make Saint Paul, Minnesota more bicycle-friendly. Read an interview with Andy on our blog! Klappentext Today, we're married to our cars. But life behind the wheel of an automobile didn't come naturally to Americans. Crooked politicians, unscrupulous businessmen, burning streetcars, and convoluted tax shenanigans are a few of the players in this gripping tale of corruption, greed, and endless miles of asphalt. In Andy Singer's accessible, scandalous tale of motordom, comics, text, and historic photographs tell the story of the rise of the U.S. highway system and the corresponding demise of rail and public transportation. He also explores how we can ditch the car and rebuild a functional transportation system that can bring wealth, happiness, and freedom.

Product details

• Authors: Andy Singer
• Publisher: External catalogues_US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2012
• EAN: 9781621064862
• ISBN: 978-1-62106-486-2
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 170 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Comix Journalism; Comix Journalism
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Car, motorcycle, moped; Non-fiction book