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Nichols, Nancy A., 1959- author.
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Automobiles -- Social aspects -- History.
Automobiles -- Symbolic aspects -- History.
Women automobile drivers -- Social aspects -- History.
Women automobile drivers -- Psychological aspects -- History.
Feminism -- United States -- History.
Automobile travel -- United States -- History.
Social evolution.
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Women behind the whe...
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Women behind the wheel : an unexpected and personal history of the car / Nancy A. Nichols.
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Nichols, Nancy A., 1959- author.
New York : Pegasus Books, 2024.
Subjects
Automobiles -- Social aspects -- History.
Automobiles -- Symbolic aspects -- History.
Women automobile drivers -- Social aspects -- History.
Women automobile drivers -- Psychological aspects -- History.
Feminism -- United States -- History.
Automobile travel -- United States -- History.
Social evolution.
ISBN:
9781639365593 (hardcover) :
1639365591 (hardcover)
Description:
230 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Edition:
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Contents:
Birth of a car salesman -- My mother's Chevy Convertible and sexual freedom -- My sister's Mustang: a fashion accessory made of steel -- The moving van -- My first car: speed, power, and women's liberation -- The Punch Buggy: the Volkswagen Beetle and violence against women -- New York City -- My Honda Odyssey: minivans and moms -- Cars, consumption, and cancer -- Automotive maternity and the Volvo -- My Subaru: gender and the lesbian car -- The pious Prius and the bicycle: a story about violence and the car -- COVID-19, cars and the hated commute -- Paying the pink tax: the high cost of driving while female -- Back to the future in the electric "ladies" car -- Tomorrow's vehicle: autonomous, connected, distracting, and dangerous -- Actual miles may vary: the story we tell ourselves about the car.
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"From the adolescent thrill of getting a driver's license to the dreaded commutes of adulthood, from vintage muscle cars to electric vehicles, this groundbreaking book documents the outsized impact the car has had--and will continue to have--on the lives of women"--Provided by publisher.
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Hawaii State Library
Social Science & Philosophy
303.4832 Ni
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Adult Nonfiction
303.4832 Ni
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