An edition of Heroic Sick People - The Automobile and an American Town in the 20th Century
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Heroic Sick People
The Automobile and an American Town in the 20th Century
by David Ball
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What is the most destructive, dangerous, and wasteful device ever invented under the banner of Progress? It's sitting in your garage. What's it doing there? How did it get there? Find out in this first of a kind critical history of how the automobile unhinged a city, a state, a nation, during the "American Century."
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Heroic Sick People: The Automobile and an American Town in the 20th Century
2019, The Sinclair Press and Movement Publishing, Movement Publishing
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. 1899: The Story So Far. p. 3
Chapter 2. 1900: Baseline Port Huron. p. 40
Chapter 3. 1901-1910: Conceit. p. 76
Chapter 4. 1911-1920: A Code Word for Happiness. p. 115
Chapter 5. 1921-1930: The Hour of Bedlam. p. 156
Chapter 6. 1931-1940: This So-Called Depression. p. 198
Chapter 7. 1941-1950: There's a Bright Day Dawning. p. 241
Chapter 8. 1951-1960: You Don't Drive It, You Aim It. p. 284
Chapter 9. 1961-1970: Infinitely Nearer Utopia. p. 326
Chapter 10. 1971-1980: It's a Necessity. p. 368
Chapter 11. 1981-1990: Leave the Real World Behind. p. 410
Chapter 12. 1991-2000: Remorse. p. 452
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