Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives |  | Authors: Catherine Lutz, Anne Lutz Fernandez
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0230618138
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.4832
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Publication Date: January 5, 2010
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Carjacked is an in-depth look at our obsession with cars. While the automobile’s 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/
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Thorough, thoughtful study January 25, 2010
Boston fan
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is a well-researched and thoughtful examination of a an aspect of our lives that we, as a society, have embraced. The authors allow us to take a close look at the multi-faceted effects that cars have on our lives, both individually and collectively. Engaging, entertaining and intelligent.
Great Book January 29, 2010
StS
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book challenges our assumptions about our relationship with cars. I was surprised by how high the "real" costs of buying and owning a car are, and how much our car culture is costing the country. Very informative and well-written.
An important book March 24, 2010
J. E. Holmes (Memphis, TN USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is a must-read for anybody who drives a car. It's a sobering look at the impact the automobile has had on the quality of our life, and offers ways for us to reclaim that quality.
Fantastic! Both very interesting and a really enjoyable read. March 10, 2010
gus (Connecticut, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For those of us who take getting into a car, turning the key in the ignition, and driving off as a simple fact of life, Carjacked asks the reader to pause for a moment to think seriously about the role of automobiles in our lives. The result is an intelligent and highly readable examination of all that results from a culture so reflexively connected to driving, but not necessarily to all of its varied and real costs. The book effortlessly weaves anthropological analysis with cultural criticism, and concludes not just with an argument for increased access to public transportation but also with a sensible and highly practical appeal for personal reflection on the real price of depending on cars to shape the direction of our lives. I loved this book, not just because it is so smartly argued and such a pleasurable read, but because it challenged me--to reconsider a simple, eveyday act, and from that reconsideration to come to a better understanding of my world--and my car.
Very interesting examination of the car culture March 15, 2010
Jason Stokes (St. Louis)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I particularly enjoyed this book's layout of our American car culture - from the dreaminess of the 16 year old with their first keys, through the marketing process as buyer and seller, and ultimately, why the car culture has it's challenges, it was an entertaining read. I do admit, however, that it's very one sided - it's largely anti-car, as can be expected from the title, but not violently or disruptively so.
Particularly challenging for me were two chapters - one outlining how difficult it is for the working poor with very little money to have a car, and the challenges that come with being carless in a world built for automobiles, and the other chapter outlining the damage that cars do to lives and property in "accidents." Cars may be safer now than 30 years ago, but since we drive them more, and are more careless while doing so, driving a car remains the most risky thing most of us do any day.
In all, a very well reasoned and well put forward argument about moving from the auto-centered (and auto-required) culture into something a little more beneficial to all of society. I highly recommend this book.
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