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The automobile and American life
"The book covers the automobile from inception and later a plaything for the well-to-do; Henry Ford and the machine age; competition in the 1920s; road culture; religion, gender, courtship and sex; Great Depression; World War II; 1950s and youth culture, hot rod and rock and roll; societal changes in the 1960s; and changes since 1980"--Provided by publisher.
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- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/179139376#Topic/biler
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/179139376#Topic/kultur
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85010151
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/822961
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/179139376#Topic/automobiles_industrie_et_commerce_aspect_social_etats_unis_histoire
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/179139376#Topic/business_&_economics_industries_general
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101176
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/179139376#Topic/transportation_general
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/179139376#Place/usa
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/179139376#Topic/kraftwagen
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- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/179139376#Topic/sozialer_wandel
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- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/179139376#Topic/automobiles_industrie_et_commerce_etats_unis_histoire
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/179139376#Topic/bilindustri
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/179139376#Event/2000_2009
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/179139376#Event/1900_1999
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- ""The book covers the automobile from inception and later a plaything for the well-to-do; Henry Ford and the machine age; competition in the 1920s; road culture; religion, gender, courtship and sex; Great Depression; World War II; 1950s and youth culture, hot rod and rock and roll; societal changes in the 1960s; and changes since 1980"--Provided by publisher."
- ""The book covers the automobile from inception and later a plaything for the well-to-do; Henry Ford and the machine age; competition in the 1920s; road culture; religion, gender, courtship and sex; Great Depression; World War II; 1950s and youth culture, hot rod and rock and roll; societal changes in the 1960s; and changes since 1980"--Provided by publisher."@en
- "This is the story of how the automobile changed the essence of life in America. Both a general history of the automobile and a broad-ranging analysis of its cultural effects, the text addresses such topics as cars' inception as a mechanical curiosity and later a plaything for the well-to-do; Henry Ford and the rise of the machine age; competition and the evolving consumer in the 1920s; the development of roads and the accompanying road culture; religion, gender, courtship and sex; effects of the Great Depression and World War II; the 1950s golden age of automobiles and the emergence of youth culture; and how American car culture has been represented in film, song, poetry and literature. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here: http://www.mcfarlandbooks.com/customers/students-instructors/">."@en