The Suppression of the Automobile: Skulduggery at the Crossroads

By David Beasley

Contrary to popular belief, the automobile is not a twentieth-century invention. A steam-powered version of this vehicle was in use in Great Britain as early as the 1830s, and both steam- and petroleum-powered automobiles were operating in France and Germany by 1880. This volume traces the world political and economic forces that brought about the suppression of the first steam-powered carriage and the ultimate triumph of the gas-fueled automobile, which has played a crucial role in shaping the modern capitalist economy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031326144X
• ISBN13: 9780313261442
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"