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Machines of Youth

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Machines of Youth

By Gary S. Cross

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About the book

For American teenagers, getting a driver's license has long been a watershed moment, separating teens from their childish pasts as they accelerate toward the sweet, sweet freedom of their futures. With driver's license in hand, teens are on the road to buying and driving(and maybe even crashing) their first car, a machine which is home to many a teenage ritual-being picked up for a first date, "parking" at a scenic overlook, or blasting the radio with a gaggle of friends in tow. So important is ...Show more

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ISBN

9780226341644

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Published year

2018

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1

Original title

Machines of Youth

Format

Hardcover

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