Civilizing motorized adventure : automotive technology, user culture and the Dutch Touring Club as mediator in the Netherlands

This contribution, which aims to provide a first outline of the history of Dutch automobilism from the perspective of the ANWB as an intermediary actor, illus trates that for an understanding of the success of the automobile one should look at how from the outset the new product and its use have been co-constructed. After all, in the course of its history the automobile appears to have fulfilled a whole range of functions, constantly changing in composition, putting it into a competitive position with the bicycle, coach, motorcycle, tram, train, and moped, and even with walking and the airplan... Mehr ...