Bodies, cybercars and the mundane incorporation of automated mobilities

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-197

  Sheller, Mimi ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobility; Infostructure; Intelligent transport; Movement space

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; AUTOMOBILE; COMMODITY MARKET; DATA PROCESSING; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; MOBILE COMMUNICATION;

EID: 34547604841     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360701360063     Document Type: Article

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