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Aesthetic Streamlining
American Automakers
american automotive design sociology
Annual Model
Author_David Gartman
automobility
Capitalist Mass Production
car
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Concerted Efforts
consumption
cultural symbolism vehicles
design profession evolution
Detroit Public Library
Early Autos
Electric Vehicles
Energy Policy
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factory
Ford Motor Company
fordist
Fordist Consumption
Fordist Mass Production
Full Size Clay Model
Gm Executive
harley
Highly Variant Tasks
industrial design history
Leisurely Autonomy
loewy
luxury
Mass Produced Car
Model Proliferation
Muscle Car
organisational conflict design
Oxy Acetylene Torch
production
raymond
Rear Fenders
social theory of technology
Styling Staff
Tail Fins
twentieth century consumerism
Varnish Paints
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415105712
- Weight: 690g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 06 Oct 1994
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This much needed book is the first to provide a comprehensive history of the profession and aesthetics of American automobile design. The author reveals how the appearance of the automobile was shaped by the social conflicts arising from America's mass production system. He connects the social struggles of American society with the organizational struggles of designers to create symbol-laden substitutes for the American dream. Theoretically sophisticated, lucid and compelling, Auto-Opium will appeal to all interested in the American obsession with the car.
David Gartman is Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of South Alabama.
