
Dream Car
Malcolm Bricklin's Fantastic SV1 and the End of Industrial Modernity
Dimitry Anastakis(Author)
University of Toronto Press
Published on 5. April 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
488 pages
978-1-4875-5582-5 (ISBN)
Description
Dream Car tells the story of entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin's fantastical 1970s-era Safety Vehicle-1 (SV1), audaciously launched during a tumultuous breakpoint in postwar history. The tale of the sexy-yet-safe SV1 reveals the influence of automobiles on ideas about the future, technology, entrepreneurship, risk, safety, showmanship, politics, sex, gender, business, and the state, as well as the history of the auto industry's birth, decline, and rebirth.
Written as an "open road," the book invites readers to travel a narrative arc that unfolds chronologically and thematically. Dream Car's seven chapters have been structured so that they can be read in any order, determined by whichever theme each reader finds most interesting. The book also includes a musical playlist of car songs from the era and songs about the SV1 itself.
Written as an "open road," the book invites readers to travel a narrative arc that unfolds chronologically and thematically. Dream Car's seven chapters have been structured so that they can be read in any order, determined by whichever theme each reader finds most interesting. The book also includes a musical playlist of car songs from the era and songs about the SV1 itself.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
66 colour illustrations, 54 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
839 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4875-5582-5 (9781487555825)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Dimitry Anastakis is the L.R. Wilson and R.J. Currie Chair in Canadian Business History in the Department of History and the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.
Content
Preface
Playlist
Prologue: On Stage, the Four Seasons Restaurant, New York City, June 25, 1974: Malcolm Bricklin, Ritchard Hatfield, and Their Fantastic Car
Introduction: Industrial Modernity, Bricklin, and Industrial Postmodernity, 1890s-1974-2020s
1. The Future (Technology)
2. Entrepreneur (Archetype)
3. Risk (Safety)
4. Showman (Politician)
5. Sex (Gender)
6. Business (The State)
7. Demise (Rebirth)
Conclusion: Malcolm Bricklin and His SV1: From Industrial Modernity to Industrial Postmodernity
Epilogue: Tesla Factory, Fremont, California, August 2018 - Elon Musk, the Model 3, and "Production Hell"
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Notes about Sources
Notes
Bibliography
List of Illustrations and Credits
Index
Playlist
Prologue: On Stage, the Four Seasons Restaurant, New York City, June 25, 1974: Malcolm Bricklin, Ritchard Hatfield, and Their Fantastic Car
Introduction: Industrial Modernity, Bricklin, and Industrial Postmodernity, 1890s-1974-2020s
1. The Future (Technology)
2. Entrepreneur (Archetype)
3. Risk (Safety)
4. Showman (Politician)
5. Sex (Gender)
6. Business (The State)
7. Demise (Rebirth)
Conclusion: Malcolm Bricklin and His SV1: From Industrial Modernity to Industrial Postmodernity
Epilogue: Tesla Factory, Fremont, California, August 2018 - Elon Musk, the Model 3, and "Production Hell"
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Notes about Sources
Notes
Bibliography
List of Illustrations and Credits
Index