Death on the Streets: Cars and the Mythology of Road Safety
by Robert Davis
Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass World
by Eduardo Galeano
Papa's Portland
by William Papas
by Robert Davis
From Copenhagenise:
"I've been reading it for ages. A couple of pages is enough for me to put it down and reflect. It's chock full of facts and references, as well as thought-provoking observations about the role of the car in our societies.
It discusses how most of the 'road safety improvements' of the past 50 years, from road design to seat belts, have actually resulted in a terrifying increase in danger from cars, which permeates all over lives and the book is also 'a social history of the terrible toll of car supremacy...'"
It's exactly the book I've been looking for. I have a feeling it will explore a lot of what I've been thinking about lately.
It discusses how most of the 'road safety improvements' of the past 50 years, from road design to seat belts, have actually resulted in a terrifying increase in danger from cars, which permeates all over lives and the book is also 'a social history of the terrible toll of car supremacy...'"
It's exactly the book I've been looking for. I have a feeling it will explore a lot of what I've been thinking about lately.
Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass Worldby Eduardo Galeano
It sounds like an interesting read, especially its attack on car culture:
It starts with:
"Human rights pale beside the rights of machines. In more and more cities, especially in the giant metropolises of the South, people have been banned. Automobiles usurp human space, poison the air, and frequently murder the interlopers who invade their conquered territory - and no one lifts a finger to stop them. Is there a difference between violence that kills by car and that which kills by knife or bullet?"
It starts with:
"Human rights pale beside the rights of machines. In more and more cities, especially in the giant metropolises of the South, people have been banned. Automobiles usurp human space, poison the air, and frequently murder the interlopers who invade their conquered territory - and no one lifts a finger to stop them. Is there a difference between violence that kills by car and that which kills by knife or bullet?"
Papa's Portlandby William Papas
I read his "People of Old Jerusalem" book and fell in love with the aesthetic and design. It's so beautiful. It has given me some ideas for my Sydney book I want to do as well as maybe another website...
The prospect of new books with interesting ideas makes me happy.
