The speed handbook : velocity, pleasure, modernism /

"Speed, the sensation one gets when driving fast, was described by Aldous Huxley as the single new pleasure invented by modernity. The Speed Handbook is a virtuoso exploration of Huxley's claim. Enda Duffy shows how the experience of speed has always been political and how it has affected...

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Main Author:	Duffy, Enda
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2009 Durham [NC] : 2009 Durham [NC] : c2009 Durham [NC] : ©2009 Durham [NC] : [2009]
Series:	Post-contemporary interventions Post-contemporary interventions
Subjects:	1900 - 1999 1900-1999 20th century Automobiles > Social aspects Automobiles > Speed Civilization, Modern > 20th century Speed in literature Speed > Social aspects Time > Social aspects Civilization, Modern Speed Geschwindigkeit Kultur Philosophie Culturele aspecten Snelheid

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