America and the Automobile: Technology, Reform, and Social ChangeThis interdisciplinary study of the early history of the automobile in the USA explores how the motorcar was accepted by an affluent class of society and interpreted as a means of achieving progressive, middle-class objectives. |
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Changing gear | 1 |
The end of the island community | 13 |
The politics of highway engineering | 37 |
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