Steven L Thompson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3945464 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven L Thompson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven L |
| FAMILY NAME | Thompson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMPSON S L |
| AFFILIATIONS | independent scholar |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Motorcycling and Leisure
Reviewed by: Motorcycling and Leisure: Understanding the Recreational PTW Rider Steven L. Thompson (bio) Motorcycling and Leisure: Understanding the Recreational PTW Rider. By Paul Broughton and Linda Walker. Aldershot, Hants, and Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2009. Pp. xvii+195. $99.95. Published as part of Ashgate's Human Factors in Road and Rail Transport series, this book's objective is to aid road-safety "stakeholders" in shaping policy and pave…
Autophobia
Reviewed by: Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age Steven L. Thompson (bio) Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age. By Brian Ladd. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. Pp. vii+227. $22.50. Some books are not well-served by the titles their publishers give them, and not because the titles don’t necessarily invite closer inspection and possible purchase. Rather, it is because the true scope of the book is not fully reveale…
The Model T
Reviewed by: The Model T: A Centennial History Steven L. Thompson (bio) The Model T: A Centennial History. By Robert Casey. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. Pp. xvi+148. $25.95. Henry Ford’s Model T is considered the most important automobile of the twentieth century. It achieved that status not merely through long production (1908–27), but by influencing people to adopt automobility, a process that transformed the world. Thus the…
Communications
Communications To the editor: Edward Constant's excellent article in the April 2006 issue of Technology and Culture, "A Tale of Two Bonanzas: How Knowledgeable Communities Think about Technology" (pp. 253–85), was a joy to read. However, because his elegant theory of the Belief-O-Meter is calibrated by sales figures alone, there are some messy questions that his work leaves unaddressed. Recognizing this, Constant notes that we would need a detail…
History, Special Interest Magazines, and the World's Fastest Indian
The Arts of the Motorcycle
Anyone trying to understand the role of the motorcycle in society today routinely encounters one variant or another of a line used by some Harley-Davidson fanatics to explain why they love their bikes: "If you have to ask, you won't get it." Though this is meant to be a conversation-stopper, to anybody serious about researching the many cultural dimensions of motorcycling it's a sign of beliefs and emotions underlying technological choices that a…
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The Arts of the Motorcycle
Anyone trying to understand the role of the motorcycle in society today routinely encounters one variant or another of a line used by some Harley-Davidson fanatics to explain why they love their bikes: "If you have to ask, you won't get it." Though this is meant to be a conversation-stopper, to anybody serious about researching the many cultural dimensions of motorcycling it's a sign of beliefs and emotions underlying technological choices that a…
Communications
Communications To the editor: Edward Constant's excellent article in the April 2006 issue of Technology and Culture, "A Tale of Two Bonanzas: How Knowledgeable Communities Think about Technology" (pp. 253–85), was a joy to read. However, because his elegant theory of the Belief-O-Meter is calibrated by sales figures alone, there are some messy questions that his work leaves unaddressed. Recognizing this, Constant notes that we would need a detail…
History, Special Interest Magazines, and the World's Fastest Indian
Autophobia
Reviewed by: Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age Steven L. Thompson (bio) Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age. By Brian Ladd. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. Pp. vii+227. $22.50. Some books are not well-served by the titles their publishers give them, and not because the titles don’t necessarily invite closer inspection and possible purchase. Rather, it is because the true scope of the book is not fully reveale…
The Model T
Reviewed by: The Model T: A Centennial History Steven L. Thompson (bio) The Model T: A Centennial History. By Robert Casey. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. Pp. xvi+148. $25.95. Henry Ford’s Model T is considered the most important automobile of the twentieth century. It achieved that status not merely through long production (1908–27), but by influencing people to adopt automobility, a process that transformed the world. Thus the…
Motorcycling and Leisure
Reviewed by: Motorcycling and Leisure: Understanding the Recreational PTW Rider Steven L. Thompson (bio) Motorcycling and Leisure: Understanding the Recreational PTW Rider. By Paul Broughton and Linda Walker. Aldershot, Hants, and Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2009. Pp. xvii+195. $99.95. Published as part of Ashgate's Human Factors in Road and Rail Transport series, this book's objective is to aid road-safety "stakeholders" in shaping policy and pave…
Sociology (6 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Context (archaeology) (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)