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Life with Cars: New Zealanders' motoring memories 1950s-1980s

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Life with Cars: New Zealanders' motoring memories 1950s-1980s
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Stephen Barnett
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:168
Dimensions(mm): Height 240,Width 260
Category/GenreTransport
Cars
ISBN/Barcode 9780947506742
ClassificationsDewey:629.2220993
Audience
General
Illustrations 140 colour and black & white photographs

Publishing Details

Publisher Oratia Media
Imprint Oratia Books
Publication Date 4 November 2020
Publication Country New Zealand

Description

Life with Cars is a like a national family photo album, albeit one with its focus on cars. It brims with evocative imagery of cars and automotive adventures from the 1950s to the 1980s, with the words of the contributors as told to the author. Their stories reflect New Zealanders' creation and uptake of car culture - telling of breakdowns in the middle of nowhere, holidays at the beach, evading the law, Sunday drives and of course posing on, beside or in the much-loved four-wheeled family members. Underpinning these stories are relationships - primarily between owners and their cars, but also between parents and children, partners in life, and young people and their peers - all during a time when cars had character, there was less congestion on the roads and petrol was cheap. These stories will resonate with a wide audience, from those who owned cars then to those that love their cars as much today.