The Automobile AgeIn 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. |
Contents
The Emerging Industry | 15 |
Fordism | 40 |
The Rise of the Giants 56 | 56 |
War and Peace 2 | 73 |
Modern Times | 112 |
Diffusion | 129 |
The Family Car | 158 |
11 | 175 |
American Challenge European Response | 251 |
Freedoms Arsenal | 268 |
Up from the Ashes | 294 |
Japan as Number One | 327 |
New Frontiers | 346 |
20 | 372 |
Epilogue | 404 |
| 430 | |
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