Car Mania: A Critical History of Transport - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

‘(Wolf's book is) a fine piece of forward-looking scholarship ... this is a very important work.’ Philip S. Bagwell, author of The Railway Men

‘A scholarly, readable and convincing account ... Well worth a read.’ TRAIN Times

Road passenger and freight transport in Europe and North America is increasing at an alarming rate and we have arguably reached a point where the environment has been damaged beyond repair. Winfried Wolf takes an entirely fresh look at this potential crisis by examining the history of present-day transport structures and policies in the West. Covering a period of 200 years - from the canal age and the rail revolution, to the rise of the car - this is the first study to offer such a wide perspective on passenger and freight transport. Widely acclaimed on first publication in Germany, Car Mania is a completely revised and expanded edition.

Praise for the German edition of Car Mania:

'Nowhere else are there so many revealing facts and data about transport ways and means. Wolf presents a disastrous balance-sheet ... and refutes the popular fairy tale that the transport of persons and goods by road is an economically superior technology' Wolfgang Kaden in Der Spiegel

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