خودروئیسم اقیانوس آرام: ماجراجویی، وضعیت و کارناوال تحرک، ۱۹۷۰-۲۰۱۵

The beginning of the 21st century has seen important shifts in mobility cultures around the world, as the West’s media-driven car culture has contrasted with existing local mobilities, from rickshaws in India and minibuses in Africa to cycling in China. In this expansive volume, historian Gijs Mom explores how contemporary mobility has been impacted by social, political, and economic forces on a global scale, as in light of local mobility cultures, the car as an ‘adventure machine’ seems to lose cultural influence in favor of the car’s status character. "The beginning of the 21st century has seen important shifts in mobility cultures around the world, as the West's media-driven car culture has contrasted against existing local mobilities, from rickshaws in India and minibuses in Africa to cycling in China. In this expansive volume, historian Gijs Mom explores how contemporary mobility has been impacted by social, political, and economic forces on a global scale, as in light of local mobility cultures, the car as an 'adventure machine' seems to lose cultural influence in favor of the car's status character"-- Provided by publisher Contents 7 Illustrations 9 Preface 11 Introduction ‘Pacific Mobility’ Irony, Class, and the Car as Medium 17 Part I Doom, for Some? Questioning the Car 45 Chapter 1 The Shock of the Oil: Energy and the Carnival of Mass-Produced Car Adventure (1970s–1990) 45 Part II Confusion: Where Is the Adventure? 305 Chapter 2 The Motorization Miracle: The Quest of the Rest (1990–2015) 305 Chapter 3 The Adventure Machine Redux? Searching for the Motives of the Neoliberal Motorist 566 Conclusion ‘Deplorable’ Mobilities and the Future of the Car Adventure 791 Bibliography 833 Index 953

The beginning of the 21st century has seen important shifts in mobility cultures around the world, as the West's media-driven car culture has contrasted against existing local mobilities, from rickshaws in India and minibuses in Africa to cycling in China. In this expansive volume, historian Gijs Mom explores how contemporary mobility has been impacted by social, political, and economic forces on a global scale, as in light of local mobility cultures, the car as an 'adventure machine' seems to lose cultural influence in favor of the car's status character.