{"product_id":"dream-car-dimitry-anastakis-9781487555825","title":"Dream Car: Malcolm Bricklin's Fantastic Sv1 and the End of Industrial Modernity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDream Car\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin's fantastical 1970s-era Safety Vehicle-1 (SV1), audaciously launched during a tumultuous breakpoint in postwar history. The tale of the sexy-yet-safe SV1 reveals the influence of automobiles on ideas about the future, technology, entrepreneurship, risk, safety, showmanship, politics, sex, gender, business, and the state, as well as the history of the auto industry's birth, decline, and rebirth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten as an \"open road,\" the book invites readers to travel a narrative arc that unfolds chronologically and thematically. \u003cem\u003eDream Car's\u003c\/em\u003e seven chapters have been structured so that they can be read in any order, determined by whichever theme each reader finds most interesting. The book also includes a musical playlist of car songs from the era and songs about the SV1 itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dimitry Anastakis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487555822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487555825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Dimitry Anastakis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45265203822847,"sku":"9781487555825","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8dd1b56d-ce4c-499d-9d17-d7ae09e0e2a6.jpg?v=1713420450","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dream-car-dimitry-anastakis-9781487555825","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}