{"product_id":"carmageddon-how-cars-make-life-worse-and-what-to-do-about-it-9781419758805","title":"Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do about It","description":"\u003cb\u003eA high-octane polemic against cars--which are ruining the world, while making us unhappy and unhealthy--from a talented young writer at the \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The automobile was one of the most miraculous inventions of the 20th century. It promised freedom, style, and utility. But sometimes, rather than improving our lives technology just makes everything worse. Over the past century cars have filled the air with toxic pollutants and fueled climate change. Cars have stolen public space and made our cities uglier, dirtier, less useful, and more unequal. Cars have caused tens of millions of deaths and injuries. They have wasted our time and our money. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eCarmageddon\u003c\/i\u003e, journalist Daniel Knowles outlines the rise of the automobile and the costs we all bear as a result. Weaving together history, economics, and reportage, Knowles traces the forces and decisions that normalized cars and cemented our reliance on them. He takes readers around the world to show the ways car use has impacted people's lives--from Nairobi, where few people own a car but the city is still cloaked in smog, to Houston, where the Katy Freeway has a mind-boggling 26 lanes and there are 30 parking spaces for every resident, enough land to fit Paris ten times. With these negatives, Knowles shows that there are better ways to live, looking at Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Tokyo, and New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e CARMAGEDDON features original reporting from: \u003cbr\u003e Chicago \u003cbr\u003e Detroit \u003cbr\u003e Houston \u003cbr\u003e Las Vegas \u003cbr\u003e Los Angeles \u003cbr\u003e New York \u003cbr\u003e Paris, France \u003cbr\u003e Mumbai, India \u003cbr\u003e Nairobi, Kenya \u003cbr\u003e Tokyo, Japan \u003cbr\u003e London, Birmingham, and Coventry, England \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e CARMAGEDDON also covers: \u003cbr\u003e Atlanta \u003cbr\u003e Cincinnati \u003cbr\u003e Louisville \u003cbr\u003e Memphis \u003cbr\u003e St Louis \u003cbr\u003e Amsterdam, Netherlands \u003cbr\u003e Copenhagen, Denmark \u003cbr\u003e Lagos, Nigeria \u003cbr\u003e Sao Paolo, Brazil \u003cbr\u003e Singapore \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Knowles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419758805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2023 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Knowles\u003c\/b\u003e is the Midwest correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e. Previously he worked as the paper's Mumbai and Nairobi bureau chiefs, as well as a reporter in the Washington, DC bureau and in London. He has covered stories about everything from the wars in South Sudan and Afghanistan to the drug trade in Colombia to the growing sobriety of modern teenagers in the rich world, but prefers writing about cities, transportation, and social transformation. Knowles studied history and economics at Pembroke College, Oxford University. He lives in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harry N. Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40874077519987,"sku":"9.78142E+12","price":27.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b78a5db0-fbda-44a6-a331-53fcf8519395.jpg?v=1688648780","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/carmageddon-how-cars-make-life-worse-and-what-to-do-about-it-9781419758805","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}