Automobiles and society

Whether valued or, conversely, considered ridiculous-even a catastrophe-the automobilization of the world in the 20th century nonetheless represents its logic. By journeying through the automotive dream and its icons, examining its evolution and the various practices of the art of driving, and analysing representations of the automobile and its spread across the globe through all strata of society*, this selection of plates demonstrates that from its earliest days the automobile had become a true social phenomenon. [* Flonneau, M., Les cultures du volant - XXe-XXIe siècles - Essai sur les mondes de l'automobilisme, Paris, Editions Autrement, 2008.]