"Dangerous Instrumentality": The Bystander as Subject in Automobility

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-94

  Jain, Sarah S Lochlann ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile; Legal history; Product design; Science and technology studies; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842632315     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2004.19.1.61     Document Type: Review

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