Divorce your car! : ending the love affair with the automobile /
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| Author / Creator: | Alvord, Katharine T. |
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| Imprint: | Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers, 2000. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4303211 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction: What Does It Mean to Divorce Your Car?
- Part 1. Love's Been Blind: How We Ended Up Married to Cars
- 1. Falling Head Over Wheels: The Advent of Cars
- 2. Other Suitors Drop by the Wayside: The Decline of Non-Car Transport
- 3. The Possessive Auto Takes Over the Landscape: The Proliferation of Roads and Suburbs
- 4. Keeping the Romance Alive: The Role of Marketing and Advertising
- 5. This Isn't Love, This Is Addiction!: The Relationship Today
- Part 2. Grounds for Divorce: Why Our Automotive Marriage is On the Rocks
- 6. Smoke Gets in Our Eyes: The Damage Done to Air
- 7. Cleaning Up After the Car: Oil Spills and Other Environmental Messes
- 8. The Little Bad Habits That Drive Us Crazy: Miscellaneous Drawbacks of Living with Cars
- 9. Not a Cheap Date: The Real Cost of Cars
- 10. The Greatest Cost: The Toll from Car Crashes
- Part 3. How to Divorce Your Car: Let Me Count the Ways ...
- 11. Just Walk Out!: Using Your Feet Instead of Your Car
- 12. You'll Look Sweet upon the Seat: Bicycles for Transportation
- 13. Let Someone Else Take You for a Ride: Transit and Other Forms of Shared Transportation
- 14. On the Rebound: Alternative Fuels
- 15. Long-Distance Relationships: Telecommunications
- 16. Get Support: Social and Political Strategies for Ending Car Addiction
- 17. Play the Field: The Spice of Transportation Variety
- 18. Car-Dependent No More: Ending Auto Dominance
- Resources
- Notes
- Index
