Stealing cars technology & society from the Model T to the Gran Torino
"As early as 1910 Americans recognized that cars were easy to steal and, once stolen, hard to find. A car was its own getaway vehicle, and cars looked much alike. Model styles and colors eventually changed, and so did the means of making a stolen car disappear. Though changing license plates an...
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University Press
2014
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Zusammenfassung: | "As early as 1910 Americans recognized that cars were easy to steal and, once stolen, hard to find. A car was its own getaway vehicle, and cars looked much alike. Model styles and colors eventually changed, and so did the means of making a stolen car disappear. Though changing license plates and serial numbers remain basic procedure, thieves have created highly sophisticated networks to disassemble stolen vehicles, distribute the parts, and/or ship the altered cars out of the country. Stealing cars naturally has become as technologically advanced as the cars themselves"-Provided by publisher |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | ix, 216 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
ISBN: | 9781421412979 978-1-4214-1297-9 1421412977 1-4214-1297-7 1421412985 1-4214-1298-5 |