{"product_id":"vehicle-of-desire-william-cecil-smith-9781439209134","title":"Vehicle of Desire: Evolution of the Automobile and America's Dependence on Petroleum","description":"Vehicle of Desire: Evolution of the Automobile and America's Dependence on Petroleum, by Mahmoud Mimir Musa and William Cecil-Smith, attempts to bring into perspective two hundred years of the American love affair with the car and its impact on U.S. energy dependence. Musa and Cecil-Smith's detailed and thoroughly researched book leaves no stone unturned in its lucid description of how America has come to its current crossroads with oil and the automobile. Musa and Cecil-Smith's Vehicle of Desire: Tracing America's Dependence on Petroleum examines not just the technical aspects of the challenges facing American transportation and our car-culture, they also investigate the cultural and sociological factors that have turned America's love affair with the automobile into a global concern. Written with clarity, authority, and frankness, Vehicle of Desire: Tracing America's Dependence on Petroleum offers new perspectives in tackling one of the pressing issues of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Cecil-Smith,Mahmoud Nimir Musa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439209138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439209134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Booksurge Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.40d","brand":"William Cecil-Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48444881699071,"sku":"9781439209134","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96edd702-daf3-4530-9033-5ab1ea0e58f2.jpg?v=1777215185","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vehicle-of-desire-william-cecil-smith-9781439209134","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}