Motorized Obsessions: Life, Liberty, and the Small-Bore Engine

by Paul R. Josephson

Book Overview

2008 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine From dirt bikes and jet skis to weed wackers and snowblowers, machines powered by small gas engines have become a permanent--and loud--fixture in American culture. But fifty years of high-speed fun and pristine lawns have not come without cost. In the first comprehensive history of the small-bore engine and the technology it powers, Paul R. Josephson explores the political, environmental, and public...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801886414
• ISBN13: 9780801886416
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher