anthropomorphic mad machines, 110

apparel, early automobile, 60–63, 128

Aramis (Latour),, 17–18

armies. See U.S. Cavalry

artifacts

actor-network theory on, 17

agency of, 7–8, 18

and their compulsion to diversify, 18

controversial, 4, 39, 197, 252, 254

designs of, 33–34

evolution of, 8–11

functionality of, 9

gender and, 20–30

invisibility of, 38, 84, 252

meanings (SCOT) of, 11–16

asylums for deranged motorist, 77

Austin Seven, 176, 225

auto calesas (AC or baby bus)See also calesas; jeepneys, 224–231, 241, 252

automatic machinists, 35–36

automobiles

electric, 11, 27, 29, 56, 60, 83, 106, 110, 115, 126–127, 133

gasoline. See gasoline cars

steam-powered, 9, 11, 56, 59–60, 75, 79, 101, 106, 112

theories on diffusion of, 10–12, 16–18, 20, 24, 28–31, 34, 38

automobiles, commercial. See also entries beginning with “advertisements”

advantages of, 30–31, 100–101, 108–109

affordable prices of early, 55–56, 100–101

as supposedly agents of change, 25

automobiles, commercial (continued )

copying horse practices bySee also similarities, 84–109

diffusion of, 53, 133–135

as extension of homes, 26, 236, 238–240

factory and production statistics ofSee also census, surveys, and statistics, 54, 232

gender and, 24–30

generating demand for, 53–55, 83–84

hideous, 57–63

as independent variables, 32–33

lack of demand for, 53–54, 57

as male domain, 24

mobility lacking in, 162, 170, 173

mobility of, 84

public reaction to early, 2, 60

purchasing early, 98–99

racing, 59, 61, 71, 78, 80, 82, 128

women and. See women

women donating race prizes for, 113

automobiles, early adopters of

challenges of, 59–60

horse ignorant, 79

menacing, 60–66

reckless, 68–77

strategy of, 250–251

types ofSee also drivers and owners, 55–56, 126–128

automobiles, military. See jeeps; U.S. Cavalry: combat and cavalry cars of

automobiling and automobility, 51–53, 58–59, 64, 66, 77, 80–81