The Evolution from Horse to Automobile

The Evolution from Horse to Automobile
Author :
Publisher : Cambria Press
Total Pages : 328
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781604975468
ISBN-13 : 1604975466
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Evolution from Horse to Automobile by : Imes Chiu

Download or read book The Evolution from Horse to Automobile written by Imes Chiu and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little work has been done to explicate the motivational factors of agency, particularly in cases where an artifact initially deemed ineffective or superfluous becomes an everyday necessity, such as the automobile at the turn of the twentieth century. Farmers saw it as a "devil wagon" but later adopted it for use as an all-around device and power source. What makes a social group change its position about a particular artifact? How did the devil wagon overcome its notoriety to become a prosaic mainstream device? These questions direct the research in this book. While they may have been asked before, author Imes Chiu (PhD, Cornell University) brings a different and refreshing approach to the problem of newness. Preexisting practices and work routines used as explanatory devices have something interesting to say about diffusion strategies and localization measures. This innovative study examines the conversion of users. To understand the motivating factors in mass adoption, the study focuses on perceptions and practices associated with horses and motorcars in three different settings during three different periods. All three cases begin with the motorcar in the periphery: all three end with it achieving ubiquity. This multiple-case design is used for the purpose of theoretical replication. Results in all three cases show that a contrived likeness to its competitor-the horse-contributed to the motorcar's success. The motorcar absorbed the technical, material, structural, and conceptual resources of the technology it displaced. This book, which includes several rare photographs, will be an important resource for those who wish to study the history of transportation and technology adaptation.


The Evolution from Horse to Automobile Related Books

The Evolution from Horse to Automobile
Language: en
Pages: 328
Authors: Imes Chiu
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Cambria Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Little work has been done to explicate the motivational factors of agency, particularly in cases where an artifact initially deemed ineffective or superfluous b
Roads Were Not Built for Cars
Language: en
Pages: 374
Authors: Carlton Reid
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-09 - Publisher: Island Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In Roads Were Not Built for Cars, Carlton Reid reveals the pivotal—and largely unrecognized—role that bicyclists played in the development of modern roadway
Horse Trading in the Age of Cars
Language: en
Pages: 245
Authors: Steven M. Gelber
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-10 - Publisher: JHU Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Gelber's highly readable and lively prose makes clear how this unique economic ritual survived into the industrial twentieth century, in the process adding a co
The Horse World of London (1893)
Language: en
Pages: 200
Authors: William John Gordon
Categories: Pets
Type: BOOK - Published: 1893 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Horses at Work
Language: en
Pages: 337
Authors: Ann Norton GREENE
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Greene argues for recognition of horses’ critical contribution to the history of American energy and the rise of American industrial power, and a new understa