Auto-Opium

A Social History of American Automobile Design

David Gartman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

1994
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-10572-9 (ISBN)

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Provides a comprehensive history of the profession and aesthetics of American automobile design. Gartman reveals how the appearance of the automobile was shaped by the social conflicts arising from America's mass production system.

This much needed book is the first to provide a comprehensive history of the profession and aesthetics of American automobile design. The author reveals how the appearance of the automobile was shaped by the social conflicts arising from America's mass production system. He connects the social struggles of American society with the organizational struggles of designers to create symbol-laden substitutes for the American dream. Theoretically sophisticated, lucid and compelling, Auto-Opium will appeal to all interested in the American obsession with the car.

David Gartman is Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of South Alabama.

List of Illustrations (21) Preface 1. The Aesthetics of Fordism 2. Early Development of the Automotive Form 3. Diverging Paths of Design: Mass and Class Production 4. The Struggle for Styling, 1: The Twenties and the Birth of Automobile Styling 5. The Struggle for Styling, 2: The Depression and the Decade of Streamlining 6. Fifties Fins and the Triumph of Fantastic Styling 7. The Rise and Fall of Auto Individuality Epilogue. Design in the Wake of Fordism Notes

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.10.1994
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10	0-415-10572-2 / 0415105722
ISBN-13	978-0-415-10572-9 / 9780415105729
Zustand	Neuware