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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part39.utf8:217470452:2944
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 02944cam a2200421 i 4500
001 2012037554
003 DLC
005 20130823081115.0
008 121214s2013 nyu b 001 0beng
010 $a 2012037554
020 $a9781451645576 (hardback)
020 $a9781451645583 (trade paperback)
020 $z9781451645590 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aTL140.F6$bS66 2013
082 00 $a338.7/629222092$aB$223
084 $aBIO006000$aHIS036060$aHIS039000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aSnow, Richard,$d1947-
245 10 $aI invented the modern age :$bthe rise of Henry Ford /$cRichard Snow.
250 $aFirst Scribner hardcover edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bScribner,$c2013.
300 $axv, 364 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 341-346) and index.
520 $a"From an acclaimed popular historian comes a fresh, meticulous, and entertaining account of Henry Ford and his invention of the Model-T--the machine that defined the dawning age in America. Every century or so, our republic has been changed by a new technology: 170 years ago it was the railroad; today it's the microprocessor. But in the early twentieth century it was the gasoline-combustion engine, built by a young, unknown, industrious man named Henry Ford. Born into a steam-powered world, the young farm boy saw the advantages of internal combustion; using his innate mechanical abilities, hard work, and imagination he transformed our nation's industry and went on to become an American icon. In many ways, his story is well known; in just as many other ways, it is not. Richard Snow weaves together a fascinating narrative of Ford's rise to fame--as well as his creative personality and spirit--through his greatest invention, the Model T. The car transformed our nation in a decade, and made Ford a national hero. But then Ford soured, and the benevolent side of his character went into an ever-deepening eclipse, even as the cultural change he initiated remade America. Snow, who "writes with verve and a keen eye" (The New York Times Book Review) has written a highly pleasurable read, and shows us the remarkable man who invented the modern age"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aFord, Henry,$d1863-1947.
650 0 $aAutomobile engineers$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aIndustrialists$zUnited States$xBiography.
650 0 $aAutomobile industry and trade$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aFord Model T automobile$xHistory.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Civilization.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/1247/576/9781451645576/image/lgcover.9781451645576.jpg