Tycoons, Scorchers, and Outlaws: The Class War that Shaped American Auto Racing

en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 noi 2013

Tycoons, Scorchers, and Outlaws charts how auto racing was shaped by class tensions between the millionaires who invented it, the public who resented their seizure of the public roads, and the working class drivers who viewed the sport as a vocation, not a leisured pursuit.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781137322500
ISBN-10: 1137322500
Pagini: 146
Ilustrații: VIII, 146 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:2014
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan US
Colecția Palgrave Pivot
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Introduction 1. Millionaires' Toys 2. Scorcher Rule 3. Seizing the Open Road 4. Man or Machine? 5. Outlaws

Recenzii

"A persuasively argued history of American auto racing from drivers as 'operatives' for wealthy owners to the sport becoming more broadly democratic. A fascinating class-based interpretation of a neglected topic in sports history." - Dr. John Springhall, Reader Emeritus at University of Ulster, UK, and author of The Genesis of Mass Culture: Show Business Live in America, 1840 to 1940 (2008)

Notă biografică

Timothy Messer-Kruse is a professor in the School of Cultural and Critical Studies at Bowling Green State University, USA, where he also served as professor and chair of the Ethnic Studies Department. He is the author of numerous books including The Trial of the Haymarket Anarchists which won the best book prize from the journal Labor History in 2012.

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