The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present
Author : G. N. Georgano
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,21 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Automobiles
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Author : G. N. Georgano
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,21 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Automobiles
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Author : G. N. Georgano
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 31,75 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Automobiles
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Author : George Nicolas Georgano
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Page : pages
File Size : 44,78 MB
Release : 1973
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Author : G. N. Georgano
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 46,48 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Reference
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Author : Louis F. Fourie
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 11,8 MB
Release : 2016-12-29
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1460296915
Volume One traces the history of Opel and Vauxhall separately from inception through to the 1970s and thereafter collectively to 2015. Special attention is devoted to examining innovative engineering features and the role Opel has taken of providing global platforms for GM. Each model is examined individually and supplemented by exhaustive supporting specification tables. The fascinating history of Saab and Lotus begins with their humble beginnings and examines each model in detail and looks at why these unusual marques came under the GM Banner. Included is a penetrating review of Saab through to its unfortunate demise. Volume Two examines unique models and variations of Chevrolet and Buick manufactured in the Southern Hemisphere and Asia but never offered in North America. Daewoo, Wuling and Baojun are other Asian brands covered in detail. This volume concludes with recording the remarkable early success of Holden and its continued independence through to today. Volume Three covers the smaller assembly operations around the world and the evolution of GM’s export operations. A brief history of Isuzu, Subaru and Suzuki looks at the three minority interests GM held in Asia. The GM North American model specifications are the most comprehensive to be found in a single book. Global and regional sales statistics are included. GM executives and management from around the globe are listed with the roles they held. An index ensures that these volumes serve as the ideal reference source on GM.
Author : Peter J. Hugill
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 19,29 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780801851261
In 1431 the Portuguese navigator Velho set sail into the Atlantic, establishing a trade route to the Azores and marking the beginning of commerce with the West as we know it today. Equipped with reliable maps and instruments for open-ocean navigation and highly sea-worthy, three-masted, cannon-armed ships, Portugal soon dominated the Atlantic trade routes - until the diffusion of Portuguese technologies to wealthier polities made Holland the eventual successor, owing to its geographic position and its immense commercial fleet.
Author : Michael L. Berger
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 49,25 MB
Release : 2001-07-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0313016062
This comprehensive reference guide reviews the literature concerning the impact of the automobile on American social, economic, and political history. Covering the complete history of the automobile to date, twelve chapters of bibliographic essays describe the important works in a series of related topics and provide broad thematic contexts. This work includes general histories of the automobile, the industry it spawned and labor-management relations, as well as biographies of famous automotive personalities. Focusing on books concerned with various social aspects, chapters discuss such issues as the car's influence on family life, youth, women, the elderly, minorities, literature, and leisure and recreation. Berger has also included works that investigate the government's role in aiding and regulating the automobile, with sections on roads and highways, safety, and pollution. The guide concludes with an overview of reference works and periodicals in the field and a description of selected research collections. The Automobile in American History and Culture provides a resource with which to examine the entire field and its structure. Popular culture scholars and enthusiasts involved in automotive research will appreciate the extensive scope of this reference. Cross-referenced throughout, it will serve as a valuable research tool.
Author : A.J. Jacobs
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 49,84 MB
Release : 2015-12-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0739188267
Over the past forty years, state/provincial and local governments in the United States and Canada have provided foreign automakers with approximately $4.80 billion in incentives in order to lure light vehicles assembly plants to their areas. This has included tax abatements, infrastructure construction, land giveaways, job training programs, and other subsidies. As of early 2015, ten foreign vehicle makers operated 20 light vehicles in developed North America. Despite the fact that all ten of these automakers have pursued a similar pattern—first exporting vehicles into the United States and Canada before launching vehicle plants in developed North America—each has followed its own specific historical development path and has created its own unique growth trajectory.This book provides a unique historical and qualitative review of these ten vehicle makers, from their early beginnings to their export entry into the United States and/or Canada through early 2015. In addition, it chronicles the histories of more than a dozen former automakers and potential future foreign light motor vehicle assembly plants in the United States and Canada. This includes the first foreign automaker to build its cars in the United States, De Dion-Bouton of France in July 1900, the early 20th Century endeavors of Fiat, Mercedes, and Rolls Royce, and the present day hopes of Chinese and Indian automakers. In the process, the text also provides an assessment of the top competing states and sites for any future plants, the possible incentives packages governments may offer to attract such facilities, and an estimated incentive value for each automaker. Overall, the goal of this book is to expand the knowledge of policymakers at all tiers of government in the United States and Canada and to help them take a more holistic look at the pros and cons of attracting Automobile Manufacturing FDI. It is hoped that this will enable them to make more informed decisions when pursuing a new foreign motor vehicle assembly plant. Its findings should also prove informative to urban and regional planning, political science, sociology, economics, labor, and international development scholars and students in North America and worldwide.
Author : Carolyn Sue Peterson
Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 20,35 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Author : Bohdan S. Wynar
Publisher :
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 36,43 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Reference books
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1970- issued in 2 vols.: v. 1, General reference, social sciences, history, economics, business; v. 2, Fine arts, humanities, science and engineering.