An edition of The automobile and American life
(2018)
The automobile and American life
Second edition.
by John Alfred Heitmann
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"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"--
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The automobile and American life
2018, McFarland
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Table of Contents
Introduction: the automobile, its history and influence, and some contradictions
Beginnings : from a mechanical curiosity to a plaything for the well-to-do
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, 1959-1970
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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