The Race to the Future: 8,000 Miles to Paris--The Adventure That Accelerated the Twentieth Century - Kassia St Clair

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In the summer of 1907, five automobiles roared over a start line near the Forbidden City. The racers--including an Italian prince, an impetuous con man, and a French racing driver--battled over steep mountain ranges, through dense forests, and across the arid Gobi Desert. A global audience followed every twist and turn, devouring reports telegraphed to journalists around the world. More than its many adventures, the Peking to Paris took place on the precipice of a new world, born, as best-selling historian Kassia St. Clair writes, out of profound social, cultural, and technological change. A gripping, immersive narrative of the race, The Race to the Future sets the drivers' derring-do (and occasional cheating) against the backdrop of a larger geopolitical and technological race to the future, interweaving events from the fall of the Qing dynasty to the rise of gendered marketing, and from the departure of the horse economy to the First World War. nThe racers--an Italian prince and his chauffeur, a French racing driver, a con man, and several rival journalists--battle over steep inclines, through narrow mountain passages, and across the arid Gobi Desert. Competitors endure torrential rain and choking dust. There are barely any roads, and petrol is almost impossible to find. A global audience of millions follows each twist and turn, devouring reports telegraphed from the course. More than its many adventures, the Peking-to-Paris Motor Challenge took place on the precipice of a

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