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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/298304623 Title: The automobile and American life Author: John Alfred Heitmann Publisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2009. ISBN/ISSN: 9780786440139 0786440139 OCLC:298304623

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The automobile and American life

Author:	John Alfred Heitmann
Publisher:	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2009.
Edition/Format:	Book : English
Summary:	"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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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	John Alfred Heitmann Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780786440139 0786440139
OCLC Number:	298304623
Description:	xi, 248 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents:	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 out of the mud to on 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, 1959-1973 -- The automobile world upside down, 1980s to the present.
Responsibility:	John A. Heitmann.

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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.

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