Car Mania by Winfried Wolf
‘(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
Winfried Wolf is leading authority on transport and is the author of several books on the subject, including Berlin: City for the People (1994). He is the PDS spokesperson on transport policy in the German Bundestag.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780745309712 |
| ISBN 10 | 0745309712 |
| Title | Car Mania |
| Author | Winfried Wolf |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pluto Press |
| Year published | 1996-06-20 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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