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The Carriage Trade : Making Horse-Drawn Vehicles in America Thoma
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- EX-LIBRARY
- Book Title
- The Carriage Trade : Making Horse-Drawn Vehicles in America Thoma
- ISBN
- 9780801879463
- Publication Name
- Carriage Trade : Making Horse-Drawn Vehicles in America
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Series
- Studies in Industry and Society Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 26.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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In 1926, the Carriage Builders' National Association met for the last time, signaling the automobile's final triumph over the horse-drawn carriage. Only a decade earlier, carriages and wagons were still a common sight on every Main Street in America. In the previous century, carriage-building had been one of the largest and most dynamic industries ......
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801879469
ISBN-13
9780801879463
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6071018
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Carriage Trade : Making Horse-Drawn Vehicles in America
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Series
Studies in Industry and Society Ser.
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
26.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
20
Lc Classification Number
Hd9709.5.U62k56 2004
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
"A valuable resource that does much to advance our understanding of how industrialization affected work processes, labor relations, business organization, and consumption." -- Anne N. Greene, Enterprise and Society, "A valuable resource that does much to advance our understanding of how industrialization affected work processes, labor relations, business organization, and consumption." -- Enterprise and Society, "An indispensable resource for anyone interested in the manufacture of horse-drawn vehicles... An important read for transport historians."--Merri Ferrell, Journal of Transport History, An indispensable resource for anyone interested in the manufacture of horse-drawn vehicles... An important read for transport historians., Contrary to popular perception, it was... the low-cost horse-drawn vehicle that introduced Americans to personal transportation., "With these well-organized tools, clear explanations, and absorbing narratives, Kinney provides Indiana and United States historians with an erudite and insightful contribution to the history of transportation technology." -- Philip M. Teigen, Indiana Magazine of History, "This is a significant work that brings fresh insights to the study of industrialization." -- Michael Brian Schiffer, American Historical Review, Kinney has completed an outstanding history of the American carriage industry. This volume belongs on the bookshelf of any serious student of 19th century industry, technology, and labor., A valuable resource that does much to advance our understanding of how industrialization affected work processes, labor relations, business organization, and consumption., "Contrary to popular perception, it was... the low-cost horse-drawn vehicle that introduced Americans to personal transportation."--Ed Duggan, Journal of American History, "A significant work that brings fresh insights to the study of industrialization." -- American Historical Review, With these well-organized tools, clear explanations, and absorbing narratives, Kinney provides Indiana and United States historians with an erudite and insightful contribution to the history of transportation technology., A work of great value... Kinney offers a sophisticated analysis of the growth and eventual collapse of this mostly forgotten major US enterprise, and he presents his findings in a readable fashion.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction: Remembering a Forgotten Industry 1. Rich Men's Vehicles at Poor Men's Prices: The Development of a Trade and Its Products 2. Knights of the Draw Knife: The Craft Origins of Horse-Drawn Vehicle Manufacture 3. From Shop to Factory: The Industrialization of a Trade 4. The Coming of Parts: Specialty Manufacturing in the Wagon and Carriage Industry 5. An Empire of Taste: The Brewster Carriage Dynasty 6. A Wagon Every Six Minutes: The Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company 7. From Craftsman to Assembler? Industrialization and the Wagon and Carriage Worker 8. That Damned Horseless Carriage: American Carriage Makers Respond to the Automobile Epilogue: Hail and Farewell Notes Glossary Essay on Sources Index
Copyright Date
2004
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Automotive / History, United States / 20th Century, General, History
Lccn
2003-025935
Dewey Decimal
388.3/41/0973
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Transportation, History
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