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The Suppression of the Automobile: Skulduggery at the Crossroads

by David R. Beasley

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How gasoline cars came to dominate the road

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How gasoline cars came to dominate the road

David R. Beasley examines an early crossroads in automotive history: the displacement of steam-powered carriages and the eventual dominance of gasoline-fueled automobiles. Beginning with nineteenth-century steam vehicles in Britain and early steam- and petroleum-powered models in France and Germany, the book places technological change within wider political and economic forces. Its subject is not simply the development of a machine, but the historical conditions that, according to the book, favored one form of propulsion over another and linked the gasoline automobile to the growth of the modern capitalist economy.

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  • Readers interested in the history of automobiles before gasoline dominance
  • Students of transportation history and industrial change
  • Those exploring political and economic influences on technology

Themes

Steam-powered vehiclesEarly automobile historyGasoline automobile dominancePolitical economyTechnology and capitalism

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Book overview

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.
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