Automobilism and Czech society

Motoring is one of the phenomena of the 20th century. He has changed society in perhaps every way. It has not only significantly increased the mobility of society, but has also transformed the landscape and cities. The automobile has become a condition for the existence and development of society, even including the military-strategic sphere. Sectors of the economy cannot do without the car. Motoring did not automatically bring with it only positives, but also many negatives. The authors focus on the phenomenon of automotiveism from the point of view of Czech (Czechoslovak) society from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. They follow the car on several levels: from its traditional use as a means of transport, which has been applied in public and individual transport, through its interaction with its surroundings to its image in the cultural world. The authors also tried to capture the changes taking place after 1989. The authors mined extensive archival material, including contemporary press and the latest domestic and foreign literature. The text is accompanied by period posters and photographs.