Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction ‘Pacific Mobility’ Irony, Class, and the Car as Medium 1
6. Part I Doom, for Some? Questioning the Car
7. Chapter 1 The Shock of the Oil: Energy and the Carnival of Mass-Produced Car Adventure (1970s–1990) 29
8. Part II Confusion: Where Is the Adventure?
9. Chapter 2 The Motorization Miracle: The Quest of the Rest (1990–2015) 289
10. Chapter 3 The Adventure Machine Redux? Searching for the Motives of the Neoliberal Motorist 550
11. Conclusion ‘Deplorable’ Mobilities and the Future of the Car Adventure 775
12. Bibliography 817
13. Index 937