Edition |
1st trade ed. |
Description |
viii, 336 p. ; 21 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-325) and index. |
Contents |
The terrible twins : cars and oil wrote the history of twentieth-century American capitalism -- Down and out in Detroit : how the car industry, the icon of American greatness in the last century, lost its way -- Big oil in big trouble : the world is not running out of oil, but America's oil giants are in trouble even so -- The parable of the Prius : how Toyota's culture propelled the once-provincial carmaker past GM to number one -- The axis of oil : oil's geopolitical complications arise from America's bipartisan addiction to oil -- The slumbering giant awakes : the great awakening of America to the dangers of oil addiction and global warming is pushing corporations to act--but can big business really solve the problem? -- Crouching tiger, leaping dragon : Asia's rise could save, rather than destroy, the planet -- The juice and the jalopy : the same anarchic, amazing forces that brought us the Internet and telecom revolutions are now racing to develop the clean fuels and smart cars of tomorrow -- A call to arms : a grass-roots movement sweeping across America promises to overturn Washington's oil curse--and level the playing field for clean energy and the car of the future. |
Subject |
Automobile industry and trade -- Forecasting.
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Automobiles -- Research.
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Alternative fuel vehicles.
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Automobiles -- Technological innovations.
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Power resources.
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Automobile industry and trade -- United States -- History.
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Added Author |
Vaitheeswaran, Vijay V., 1969-
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ISBN |
9780446698665 |
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0446698660 |
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