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More copies of this ISBNCarjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Livesby Catherine Lutz and Anne Lutz Fernandez
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Publisher Comments:Carjacked is an in-depth look at our obsession with cars. While the automobiles contribution to global warming and the effects of volatile gas prices is widely known, the problems we face every day because of our cars are much more widespread and yet much less known — from the surprising $14,000 that the average family pays each year for the vehicles it owns, to the increase in rates of obesity and asthma to which cars contribute, to the 40,000 deaths and 2.5 million crash injuries each and every year.
Carjacked details the complex impact of the automobile on modern society and shows us how to develop a healthier, cheaper, and greener relationship with cars. For more information, visit www.carjacked.org/ Review:"Strongly recommended for all willing to consider that we need to 'step away from the car.'" Library Journal
Review:"Emphasizing the attachment of values such as personal independence to car ownership, not to mention self-image and status, Lutz and Fernandez cheerily saunter through automobile advertising and movies to show how mass media exploit people's desire to buy cars." Booklist
Review:"Authors Catherine Lutz and Anne Lutz Fernandez effectively and accessibly lay out the social, financial, historical, and of course, environmental impact of America's love affair with the internal combustion engine." Planet Green
Book News Annotation:Sisters Catherine Lutz (an anthropologist at Brown U.) and Anne Lutz Fernandez (a former marketer and investment banker) examine the impact of the automobile on broad aspects of American society. Their investigation is based on conversations with a varied group of drivers and a similarly varied group of individuals involved in the car industry and its impacts--e.g., car salesmen, mechanics, automobile brand marketers, car museum directors, toll booth operators, emergency room doctors, police, and epidemiologists--as well as advertising analysis, auto industry information, safety data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and government economics surveys. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Synopsis:Carjacked is an in-depth look at our obsession with cars. While the automobiles contribution to global warming and the effects of volatile gas prices is widely known, the problems we face every day because of our cars are much more widespread and yet much less known — from the surprising $14,000 that the average family pays each year for the vehicles it owns, to the increase in rates of obesity and asthma to which cars contribute, to the 40,000 deaths and 2.5 million crash injuries each and every year. Carjacked details the complex impact of the automobile on modern society and shows us how to develop a healthier, cheaper, and greener relationship with cars. http://www.carjacked.org/ About the AuthorCatherine Lutz is the Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Family Professor of Anthropology and International Studies at Brown University, where she holds a joint appointment with the Department of Anthropology. As an author and editor, Professor Lutz has published nine books.
Anne Lutz Fernandez is a former marketer and investment banker with fifteen years of corporate experience. She is an English teacher in Westport, Connecticut. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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