Where the Road and the Sky Collide: America Through the Eyes of Its Drivers
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Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0805014888
ISBN13:9780805014884
Release Date:January 1993
Publisher:Henry Holt & Company
Length:414 Pages
Weight:1.73 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Outstanding commentary on the meaning of cars in America
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Delightful narrative, intersperced with sardonic interviews, that summarizes the relationships of average Americans to the cars and their environment. Taxi drivers, Lawyers, Mechanics, housewives, and urban traffic planners are all thrown into the mix with their opinions on what the car means to us, and how it fits into their lives.
Learning from the drivers, not the "experts"...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
The Bergers explore new territory (literally and figuratively) by asking Americans themselves what they think about the environmental consequences of their automobiles. It's a refreshing antidote to the ideological treatises dispensed by the "experts" from Washington DC, Detroit and California, and helped me approach the subject in a fresh light. Worth tracking down, even if hard to find...
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