Book description
Car Wars recounts the battles cars have inspired
throughout Melbourne's history and examines their influence on the
development of Melbourne. Graeme Davison is primarily interested in the car
as an inspirational, freedom-giving object, but is equally interested in
themes of gender, sexuality and wider cultural notions of "Americanisation"
and individualism. Car Wars provides a fascinating journey of the impact and
power of the car as a shaper of everyday life, human community and
landscapes.
About the author
Graeme Davison is a Sir John Monash Distinguished
Professor in the School of Historical Studies at Monash University.
Professor Davison was a Rhodes Scholar(1964) and is a Fellow of the
Academy of Social Sciences and the Academy of the Humanities. Professor
Davison research interest is in the history of cities in Australia,
Britain and the United States. He is the author or co-author of over 15
books including The Rise and Fall of MarvellousMelbourne(1978), The
Unforgiving Minute: How Australia Learned to Tell the Time(1993) and The
use and abuse of Australian history (2000).
Professor Graeme Davison has been awarded the 2004 Nettie Palmer Prize
for non-fiction as part of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards for
Car Wars. Car Wars was also short listed for the 2004 NSW Premier's
History Award for the Australian History Prize and the 2004 Age Book of
the Year Award in the Non-fiction category.
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