| Main Title |
Electric vehicle and the burden of history |
| Author |
Kirsch, David A.
|
| Publisher |
Rutgers University Press, |
| Year Published |
2000 |
| OCLC Number |
42780651 |
| ISBN |
0813528089 (alk. paper) 0813528097 (paper : alk. paper) |
| Subjects |
Automobiles, Electric--History ;
Automobiles--Design and construction--History ;
Automobile industry and trade--United States--History ;
Automobiles electriques--Histoire ;
Automobiles--Conception et construction--Histoire ;
Automobiles--Industrie et commerce-- Etats-Unis--Histoire
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EIAM |
TL220.K57 2000 |
|
Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
10/18/2002 |
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| Collation |
xiii, 291 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-282) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
Rescuing the alternatives to internal combustion: large technical systems, technological comptetition, and the burden of history -- William C. Whitney, Albert A. Pope, Richard W. Meade, and the Electric Vehicle Company: semi-public electric vehicle transportation service, 1897-1912 -- Central stations and the electric vehicle industry: organizing to support electric vehicles, 1900-1925 -- The electric truck and the rise and fall of appropriate spheres -- Infrastructure automobile touring, and the dynamics of automotive systems choice -- Excursus: the accidents that never happened -- The burden of history: expectations past and imperfect -- Technological hybrids and the automobile system: from the electrified gas car to the electrification of the automobile -- Industrial ecology and the future of the automobile: large-scale technological systems, technological choice, and public policy. |
| Place Published |
New Brunswick, N.J. : |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c2000. |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
99056542 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20021017165129 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
02166cam 22003614a 45020 |
