Éamon Ó Cofaigh is a member of Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge and lectures in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the National University of Ireland Galway.

• IntroductionChapter 1Theorizing the car as a fetishized commodityChapter 2Motor Sport in France: Commodifying the CarChapter 3An Object of Desire: Early 20th-Century Representations of the CarChapter 4Vers le Midi: The Automobile Discovered and as a Vehicle of DiscoveryChapter 5Three Ages of the Car in French Post-War MagazinesChapter 6Evolving Critiques of the CarConclusionBibliography

“The definitive statement in English on the post-war history of automobiles in France. This book will greatly appeal to historians and cultural studies practitioners dealing with modern France, as well as interdisciplinary scholars of automobility and those working in the cultural history of transportation and technology.”David Inglis, University of Helsinki

Éamon Ó Cofaigh is a member of Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge and lectures in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the National University of Ireland Galway.

• IntroductionChapter 1Theorizing the car as a fetishized commodityChapter 2Motor Sport in France: Commodifying the CarChapter 3An Object of Desire: Early 20th-Century Representations of the CarChapter 4Vers le Midi: The Automobile Discovered and as a Vehicle of DiscoveryChapter 5Three Ages of the Car in French Post-War MagazinesChapter 6Evolving Critiques of the CarConclusionBibliography

“The definitive statement in English on the post-war history of automobiles in France. This book will greatly appeal to historians and cultural studies practitioners dealing with modern France, as well as interdisciplinary scholars of automobility and those working in the cultural history of transportation and technology.”David Inglis, University of Helsinki

Éamon Ó Cofaigh is a member of Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge and lectures in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the National University of Ireland Galway.

• IntroductionChapter 1Theorizing the car as a fetishized commodityChapter 2Motor Sport in France: Commodifying the CarChapter 3An Object of Desire: Early 20th-Century Representations of the CarChapter 4Vers le Midi: The Automobile Discovered and as a Vehicle of DiscoveryChapter 5Three Ages of the Car in French Post-War MagazinesChapter 6Evolving Critiques of the CarConclusionBibliography

“The definitive statement in English on the post-war history of automobiles in France. This book will greatly appeal to historians and cultural studies practitioners dealing with modern France, as well as interdisciplinary scholars of automobility and those working in the cultural history of transportation and technology.”David Inglis, University of Helsinki