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Taking Charge: The Electric Automobile in America Paperback - 2010

by Michael Schiffer

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Michael Brian Schiffer is professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona in Tucson and the author of seven books, including The Portable Radio in American Life (1991).

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  • Title Taking Charge: The Electric Automobile in America
  • Author Michael Schiffer
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Smithsonian Books (DC), Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • Date 2010-06-22
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781588340764 / 1588340767
  • Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.16 x 6.02 x 0.59 in (23.27 x 15.29 x 1.50 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Automobiles, Electric - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010455800
  • Dewey Decimal Code 629.250

Media reviews

“A cracking good read.”—Technology and Culture

“The car of the future turns out to be the car of the past, according to Schiffer in this peppy look at the electric car’s Edwardian infancy.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Much more than a historical overview, Schiffer puts his anthropology training to good effect in the text, livening his recitation with fascinating details about contemporary personalities and cultural settings. His volume provides the best insight to date of how and why electric vehicles faltered [in the past], and why that result was due more to culture than technology.”—Environment

“Part car-nut's history, part social history, this is a fine resource for popular culture and American Studies collections.”—Booklist

About the author

Michael Brian Schiffer is professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona in Tucson and the author of seven books, including The Portable Radio in American Life (1991).

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