Tom Vanderbilt
Author of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)
About the Author
Tom Vanderbilt is a writer based in Brooklyn, New York. His work has appeared in Wired, Nest, the New York Times Magazine, & The Nation. He is author of The Sneaker Book: An Anatomy of an Industry & An Icon. (Bowker Author Biography)
Image credit: © Kate Burton
Works by Tom Vanderbilt
Traffic (Unabridged) Part 2 1 copy
Traffic (Unabridged) Part 1 1 copy
Associated Works
Boob Jubilee: The Mad Cultural Politics of the New Economy: Salvos from the Baffler (2003) — Contributor — 82 copies
Significant Objects: 100 Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary Things (2012) — Contributor — 57 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1968
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- Wisconsin, USA
New York, New York, USA
Brooklyn, New York, USA - Occupations
- journalist
- Relationships
- Dunn, Jancee (wife)
- Organizations
- I.D.
Print - Agent
- Zoe Pagnamenta (PFD New York)
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Statistics
- Works
- 10
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 2,326
- Popularity
- #11,031
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 87
- ISBNs
- 57
- Languages
- 8
- Favorited
- 1
The author looks at what people like, why we like those things, etc. Our “taste” so to speak (not the sense of taste, but our “taste” for what we like). He does, of course, discuss food, but there is also a chapter (I found this one particularly interesting) on online reviews and recommendations, etc. Other chapters include museums/art, ways to describe why we like something, and more.
Not too much to say about this. I found it (mostly) interesting and easy to read. Oddly, although I’m not really one for art appreciation, I remember that chapter a bit more than some of the others (also the online review chapter, but that may not be a surprise considering I am writing a review to post online…!).… (more)