Book Parties and Festivals

2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Automobile Panel

Deborah Gordon; Peter Norton

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From the 2009 Virginia Festival of the Book, in Charlottesville Virginia, a panel discussion on automobiles featuring Peter Norton, "Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City" and Deborah Gordon, "Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability."  This event took place at the Charlottesville City Council Chambers.

About the Authors

Peter Norton

Peter NortonPeter Norton is an assistant science, technology, and society professor at the University of Virginia.
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Deborah Gordon

Deborah GordonDeborah Gordon is a senior transportation policy analyst who has provided consultation to the California Energy Commission, National Commission on Energy Policy, and the Chinese government. Ms. Gordon formerly served as director of transportation and energy programs at the Union of Concerned Scientists and was a senior research scholar at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. She co-wrote "Two Billion Cars" with Daniel Sperling.
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Program Information

2009 Virginia Festival of the Book - Automobile Panel

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