The automobile has impacted the world by faster traveling, also making it possible to go farther distances. In this society cars are used to get around but to some people, it’s a way to get around, but to some people it’s a way to express them. From loud engines to hybrids, cars mean a lot more to people than just a way to get around. It has become much more meaningful to people. It has become of a person and how they express themselves. Cars were first introduced in the 1800’s by Karl Benz. Then later on Henry Ford revolutionized the automobile. Henry Ford was the founder of Ford Motor Company. He made the first automobile that middle class families could afford. The Model T, Henry’s first car was introduced 1908 of the assembly line. His …show more content…
This started car companies to start to produce the better car and start making more cars. Eventually cars became more popular and help the economy grow.
In this society the cars aren’t just a luxury item. It has become necessity. For example people need to have a car to get around or used for jobs. And to some people it’s even a house to live in. Now cars aren’t just a way to get around anymore. They are part of a person. The car helps people by the car being a way that the person expresses themselves. Also it cars represent who a person is. If the person a muscle car lover, import lover, or a truck lover. It also turns into a way to help with work. So now the automobile is used in a way to represent a person or a working tool that helps people in everyday jobs. When the automobile came from place, to LA it just exploded. Now cars in LA are a big deal. For example people make groups just to ride together or go to shows to show their car
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Khaotik crew is made of a group of friends who bought their cars and modified them. This is a closed crew so only close people and family could get in. Also you see how in the photo there is a Khaotik sticker right in the front of the windshield. This is their emblem and it shows the world that if the car has that sticker it is part or Khaotik car crew. This is an example how the automobile changed LA. It has brought together people who love to modify their cars. Then there are motorcycle clubs. There is two types of motorcycle clubs. There is a riding club and a motorcycle club. People who join a riding club only want to join other motorcycle riders and go cruising with a group and learn from other riders. A motorcycle club is more of a brotherhood type of club. Once you’re in you’re in for life. A motorcycle club is like joining a family. Meaning that once you are in they treat you like a brother or sister. Also they use patches to represent them also to show unity. Also there is an initiation process you have to go through before you could wear the
In Christopher Wells’ book Car Country: An Environmental History he starts by speaking about his experience over the years with automobiles. He describes how happy he was to own his first automobile. Mr. Wells goes into detail about the inconveniences of driving in towns where everything is fairly accessible, and the necessity of an automobile in major cities. Although Mr. Wells enjoyed his first car, his local surrounding helped shape the attitude he has towards motor vehicles to this day. Mr. Wells also argued that car dependence in America is connected with the landscape. Wells rejects the notion that America ‘s automobile landscape emerged as a byproduct of consumer’s desires for motor vehicles or as the result of conspiracies to eliminate
Henry Ford was a great entrepreneur, who changed the way the world travelled, manufactured goods and enjoyed their leisure time. He bridged the gap between consumer and automobile, bettering the industry and world economy. He didn’t invent the automobile he just made it affordable for the average family through his moving assembly line that is still being used today to manufacture all things from household electronics to toys.
In the July 1997 issue of Commentary, James Q. Wilson challenges the consensus among academia’s finest regarding the automobile in his bold article, Cars and Their Enemies. Directed towards the general public, his article discredits many of the supposed negatives of the automobile raised by experts, proves that the personal car is thriving and will continue to thrive because it meets individual preference over other means of transportation, as well as presents solutions to the social costs of cars. Wilson emphasizes that no matter what is said and done in eliminating the social costs of the automobile, experts are not going to stop campaigning against it.
There is no doubt that automobile plays an inevitable role in the world’s history, especially in the history of America. Both Kline and Pinch and Flink are on the problem of automobile, but they certainly have various focus. In Three stages of American automobile consciousness written by Flink, it divides the auto history into three stages and mainly argues about the history or the development of automobile industry in America, which is written in a big picture. On the other hand, Kine and Pinch tend to discuss the connection between rural area and automobile, also how gender get involved in the social construction after cars are brought to the America.
In the twentieth century, the introduction of the motor vehicle in the United States became not only noteworthy, but also vital in the development of modern American civilization. This technologically complex machine led citizens to vast future dependence on the invention. While mobility was suddenly not limited to alternative, more convoluted options such as railroad stations or bicycles, yet copiously amplified to aid convenience and expanded leisure opportunities. From auto-racing to redesigning infrastructure, motor vehicles allowed progression, digression, and essentially uttermost change to the lifestyles of the American people. This radical idea of the automobile permeated throughout America with most, if not all, credit renowned to Henry Ford.
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Automobiles play an essential role in American society. As if being the major means of transportation was not impressive enough, automotives can be seen on T.V., in movies, in magazines, and can sometimes be indicative of a person’s wealth and social status. On average, Americans drive nearly 40 miles and drive for just over 50 minutes driving per person per day (http://www.bts.gov). That means a person spends roughly one-sixteenth of a day driving. It would make sense, then, to make such an essential part of society as efficient, cost effective, and clean as possible. However, that is not the case. As the years have passed cars have actually begun to move away from efficiency. Hawken writes, “[The automobile] design process has made cars ever heavier, more complex, and usually costlier. These are all unmistakable signs that automaking has beco...
Henry Ford originally intended the Model T to be the “farmer’s car.” But in order to make a car that was financially available to the common man, Ford needed an industrial revolution that would allow him to produce numerous automobiles at an inexpensive price. He succeeded in doing so by implementing his innovative assembly line and specialized labor for the production of the Ford Model T. By the 1920s, car manufacturing exploded due to Ford’s cheap and simplistic methods of production causing prices to drop significantly and allowing the Model T to fit within the average ...
Reader need to be familiar with the information because it hard to understand. Personally, for me it was harder to read than any other book I read. Readers need to be fully with both theory and all the information drawn from different rules that they need to follow in order to engage the whole with the narrative. This book discuss how Americans love for cars and how automobile used to be an important part of American identity. People who live outside the country may want to read this because it shows how cars became a big trend in American history. To assist, his readers, Seiler includes the following aid in his book: Index, pictures, timelines. Seiler include pictures in the book by having on page 53 showing women driving cars and making the automobile a fashion accessory in the late 1890. He also includes timelines, for example “A 1936 driving manual packer quotes affirms driving as training for citizenship: “learning to drive must be closely connect with learning to live… you cannot teach people to be good driver must be closely connected with learning to live …... You cannot teach people to be good drivers without teaching them the same kind of things that make them good citizens” (Seiler 67). In each time, he would talk about specific time event for that specific time. Lastly, he also has an
Los Angeles, California is known worldwide to be a city designed specifically for the use of automobiles. Since Los Angeles County is so expansive, is considered to be one of the largest cities in the U.S and the World. The Government decided to accommodate its landscape very efficiently through the use of freeways by connecting each other from far distances into one by the use of intersections. On the other hand, since the landscape of Los Angeles was made specifically for cars, it has a horrible public transportation that people see car as a necessity rather than luxury. The government has done a magnificent job keeping
In 1886 when the first car was ever made and replaced horse drawn carriages, they were the toys of the rich. Today, cars are made as the toys of the world. The era of cars has revolutionized the way the people get from one place to another. Henry Ford became the creator of the first car which he called the Ford Model T. Though there was nothing special about it to today’s human eye, back in the day it was what changed how everybody transported themselves from place to place.
In this year Henry Ford created the first affordable, combustion engine car called the Model-T. The creation of the Model-T changed the lives of every American. Vehicles were looked at as a way of freedom and excitement. Soon after, every household in America had a car. The demand for vehicles sparked a whole new industry, creating jobs, more revenues and improving the American economy in every way. With so many vehicles on the roads, roads needed to become bigger and better which spawned a nation wide road construction. This also created more jobs and strengthened the economy even further. (Inventions: Car)
The 1920’s, also known as The Roaring 20’s, period was a time of fun, technological advancements, fashion, dancing, and luxury. One big advancement that changed transportation across the United States, was cars. Major car corporations that emerged in this era included Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler. These companies started to compete with each other, and they made prices more affordable to supply popular demand of the American people. As companies grew, they started to buy out one another to make up the biggest three American branches of cars. As cars became more popular, people used them as a sign of wealth and luxury. The better model or designed car you had, the more wealth and class it show to other people and the general public. Cars became almost a necessity to societies everyday structure.
The Invention of The Automobile The first automobile was invented in Europe, however the automobile industry had an enormous favorable impact on the United States economy. Brown & Co. 329) There was not one specific person who "invented the automobile," but, there were many people who contributed to the invention of the automobile. (Ingrassia, 5) (Boyne, 31) These people include Isaac Newton, who developed a power carriage in the fourteen twenties, and Joseph Cugnot, who built the first steam powered automobile in seventeen sixty nine.
With convenience comes cost. There are many costs associated with owning a car. Firstly learning to drive can be prohibitive, with lessons often out of a lot of peoples budgets. Once you have passed your test buying a car can also prove expensive. It is often the case we have to buy cheap second hand cars as new cars are very expensive. Sometimes this is fine and you can have a reliable car, but other times you pick one up that’s not been well maintained and can cost you a fortune in repairs and keeping it on the road.