The automobile and American life
"This book tells how the automobile transformed American life and how design and technology have changed. Subjects include Henry Ford and the advent of mass production; the development of roads and highway; effects of the Great Depression and World War II; and how American car culture has been...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Jefferson, North Carolina
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
2018
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| Ausgabe: | Second edition |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "This book tells how the automobile transformed American life and how design and technology have changed. Subjects include Henry Ford and the advent of mass production; the development of roads and highway; effects of the Great Depression and World War II; and how American car culture has been represented in film, music and literature." Introduction: the automobile, its history and influence, and some contradictions -- Beginnings : from a mechanical curiosity to a plaything for the well-to-do European by birth, American by adoption -- The inscrutable henry ford and the rise of the machine age -- The rise of the competition and the consumer during the 1920s -- From mud to the open road -- Religion, courtship, sex, and women drivers -- The interwar years : the great depression, aerodynamics, and cars of the olympian age -- World War II and the reconversion economy : no time for sergeants or aspiring automobile manufacturers -- The golden age of the automobile : the 1950s in America -- The go-go years, 1959/1973 -- America and the automobile during the 1970s -- The automobile world upside down, 1980/2015 -- Epilogue: the automobile and one American life -- Chapter notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Beschreibung: | Revised edition of the author's The automobile and American life, c2009 Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | x, 281 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781476669359 978-1-4766-6935-9 |