For policymakers and others interested in a critical appraisal of auto dependence.
Earthwatch

The strength of Freund and Martin's important book is the careful conceptualization of the issues. Highly recommended.
Resurgence

An excellent read for those interested in the environmental impacts and social role of the automobile. Accessible...carefully researched. We need more books like this.
Earthkeeper

This book is an inspiration...its excellent social political analysis is a challenge to all the activists working for social change.
Citizens On Cycles

More than seventeen million people have been killed on roads since the automobile first appeared. An incalculable number have been seriously hurt. In the future, half the world is likely to be run over in a terminal squabble for oil. We are possessed by a mindless monster which threatens the planet itself. Considering the widespread impact of the automobile in many contemporary societies, it is surprising how little attention its social and political dimensions receive even from ecologically oriented thinkers.

In this original book, authors Freund and Martin examine the central role that auto production and consumption have played in the 20th century: the overuse and misuse that has caused the major auto markets to be saturated and the costs of auto-centered transport to become prohibitive.

Peter Freund holds a Ph.D. from the New School of Social Research, New York, and teaches at Montclair State, New Jersey. He is co-author of Health, Illness, and the Social Body and author of The Civilized Body.

George Martin holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and also teaches at Montclair State. He is the co-author of The Welfare Industry and Social Welfare in Society, and the author of Social Policy in the Welfare State.