The Great Book of Automobiles
Author : Michael Bowler
Publisher :
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 10,49 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Automobile racing
ISBN : 9788854001084
Author : Michael Bowler
Publisher :
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 10,49 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Automobile racing
ISBN : 9788854001084
Author : United States. National Youth Administration
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 18,38 MB
Release : 1940
Category : Automobile industry and trade
ISBN :
Author : James J. Flink
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 48,67 MB
Release : 1990-07-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780262560559
In this sweeping cultural history, James Flink provides a fascinating account of the creation of the world's first automobile culture. He offers both a critical survey of the development of automotive technology and the automotive industry and an analysis of the social effects of "automobility" on workers and consumers.
Author : Steven Parissien
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 23,11 MB
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1466836237
The Life of the Automobile is the first comprehensive world history of the car. The automobile has arguably shaped the modern era more profoundly than any other human invention, and author Steven Parissien examines the impact, development, and significance of the automobile over its turbulent and colorful 130-year history. Readers learn the grand and turbulent history of the motor car, from its earliest appearance in the 1880s—as little more than a powered quadricycle—and the innovations of the early pioneer carmakers. The author examines the advances of the interwar era, the Golden Age of the 1950s, and the iconic years of the 1960s to the decades of doubt and uncertainty following the oil crisis of 1973, the global mergers of the 1990s, the bailouts of the early twenty-first century, and the emergence of the electric car. This is not just a story of horsepower and performance but a tale of extraordinary people: of intuitive carmakers such as Karl Benz, Sir Henry Royce, Giovanni Agnelli (Fiat), André Citroën, and Louis Renault; of exceptionally gifted designers such as the eccentric, Ohio-born Chris Bangle (BMW); and of visionary industrialists such as Henry Ford, Ferdinand Porsche (the Volkswagen Beetle), and Gene Bordinat (the Ford Mustang), among numerous other game changers. Above all, this comprehensive history demonstrates how the epic story of the car mirrors the history of the modern era, from the brave hopes and soaring ambitions of the early twentieth century to the cynicism and ecological concerns of a century later. Bringing to life the flamboyant entrepreneurs, shrewd businessmen, and gifted engineers that worked behind the scenes to bring us horsepower and performance, The Life of the Automobile is a globe-spanning account of the auto industry that is sure to rev the engines of entrepreneurs and gearheads alike.
Author : Ken W. Purdy
Publisher :
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 40,41 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Automobile racing
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 17,42 MB
Release : 1988-11
Category : Automobile industry and trade
ISBN :
Author : John Heitmann
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,98 MB
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 147666935X
Now revised and updated, this book tells the story of how the automobile transformed American life and how automotive design and technology have changed over time. It details cars' inception as a mechanical curiosity and later a plaything for the wealthy; racing and the promotion of the industry; Henry Ford and the advent of mass production; market competition during the 1920s; the development of roads and accompanying highway culture; the effects of the Great Depression and World War II; the automotive Golden Age of the 1950s; oil crises and the turbulent 1970s; the decline and then resurgence of the Big Three; and how American car culture has been represented in film, music and literature. Updated notes and a select bibliography serve as valuable resources to those interested in automotive history.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing. Automobile Industry Task Force
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 18,39 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Automobile industry and trade
ISBN :
Author : Beverly Rae Kimes
Publisher :
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 35,97 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Transportation
ISBN :
Author : Herbert Lee Barber
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 32,49 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 3861956446
Reprint of the first edition originally released in 1917.