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The automobile continues to be the privileged product of the culture of mass consumption, yet there has been little scholarly attention to what concerns consumers most - the appearance of cars. Auto Opium is the first comprehensive history of the profession and aesthetics of American automobile design. The author reveals how the appearance of vehicles became an integral part of the system of mass production and mass consumption forged in the struggles of American society.
The book traces the development of automobile design, from the first utilitarian cars around the turn of the century to the most modern of symbol-laden cultural icons. The author shows that the aesthetic qualities of vehicles were shaped by the social conflicts generated by the process of mass production.
These conflicts became channeled into the realm of mass consumption, where working Americans demanded beautiful, stylish, and constantly improving cars to compensate them for the deprivations of mass production. Creating a unique blend of business, social, and cultural history, Auto Opium connects the social struggles of America to the organizational struggles of designers and the marketplace struggles of firms.
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Psychological aspects of Automobiles, Modern Aesthetics, Design and construction, Automobiles, Psychological aspects, History, Bodies, Automobiles, bodies, Automobiles, design and construction, Aesthetics, modern, 20th century, Carrosseries, Conception et construction, Histoire, Aspect psychologique, Esthétique, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Automotive, TRANSPORTATION, Pictorial, Personenkraftwagen, Geschichte, Design, Auto's, Auto-industrie, Industriële vormgevingPlaces
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Auto opium: a social history of American automobile design
1994, Routledge
in English
0415105714 9780415105712
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-252) and index.
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