The Socialist Car
On January 21, 2012,
in Livable Communities Act, Metropolis, Neighborhood Design, Others, Places, Smart Growth, Suburbia, Sustainability,
by Anthony Paletta
To get one large point out of the way: In the new book, The Socialist Car: Automobility in the Eastern Bloc, several contributors rapidly acknowledge the oxymoron of the title as well as the practice of owning a car in the former Soviet Empire. The pri…
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