Road and motor vehicles: general interest Books
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Tricycles Quadricycles and Light Cars 18941907
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£43.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Ready To Roll The Travel Trailer in America
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£28.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd DKW
Book SynopsisThe definitive book on DKW (Dampf-Kraft-Wagen) now available in an English language edition.
£46.74
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Czechoslovak Armored Cars in the First World War
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£31.44
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Glamour Road
Book SynopsisHow midcentury modern design and the changing roles of women in a male-dominated society influenced American postwar automotive design.Table of Contents FOREWORD by Susan Skarsgard...................................................................................................6 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................10 CHAPTER 1 DRIVING TOWARDS TOMORROW..........................................................14 Postwar America Undergoes a Major Social Realignment CHAPTER 2 KAISER FRAZER LEADS THE WAY..........................................................28 Fashion and Styling Help a Struggling Company Get Noticed CHAPTER 3 MODERN LIVING.........................................................................................48 Lincoln is Inspired by a Pivotal 1949 Design Show in Detroit CHAPTER 4 DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND............................................ 72 Cadillac Doubles Down on Traditional American Luxury CHAPTER 5 THE IMPERIAL COLLECTION.................................................................... 94 Co-Marketing with Fashion Brands Connects to the Female Market CHAPTER 6 READY TO WEAR..........................................................................................112 Popular-Priced Cars use Color and Fashion to Boost Sales CHAPTER 7 A WOMAN’S PLACE...................................................................................148 The Industry Struggles to Adapt to Women’s Needs CHAPTER 8 DESIGNING WOMEN................................................................................162 The Glass Ceiling Cracks as Women Become a Voice in the Industry CHAPTER 9 STRIKE A POSE............................................................................................178 New Technologies Lead to Widespread use of Photography CHAPTER 10 BIKINIS AND BUCKET SEATS.................................................................190 The Youth Market of the 1960s Changes Everything CHAPTER 11 BUICK GOES ALL OUT..............................................................................210 “The Magazine for the In Crowd” Blows Minds—and Budgets CHAPTER 12 TURN, TURN, TURN...................................................................................234 Mary Wells, Pop Art, Op Art and Psychedelia end the Sixties ACKNOWLEDGMENTS..........................................................................................................252
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Air Water
Book SynopsisDiscover some of the rarest and most desirable Porsche sports cars ever produced! Air & Water combines breathtaking imagery and words to transport the reader on a thrilling journey of being behind the wheel of these ultra-rare machines.
£43.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Women of General Motors
Book SynopsisBased on interviews with more than 100 current and former female GM employees, discusses the role women have played in a traditionally male-dominated industry. An authoritative guide to the role women have played in the automotive world for the past century. Since the early days of General Motors, there have been womenknown and unknownwho have had vital roles in design, engineering, manufacturing, and administration. In this follow-up toDamsels in Design, her book on women automotive designers from 1939-1959, Constance Smith presents profiles of and interviews with more than 100 women who have steered the course of General Motors for almost 100 years. The women featured include: Bonnie Lemm, the first woman designer-engineer at GM Helene Rother, the first woman automobile and transportation designer hired by GM''s Styling Department in the 1940s Suzanne Vanderbilt, the holder of numerous industrial design patents and the designer of the first adjustable lumbar seat supports Mary Barra, who became GM''s chair and CEO in 2016 Readers will meet these remarkable achievers and discover how they took on a male-dominated industryand triumphed.
£28.89
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Air Water 911 Edition
Book SynopsisA collector's edition of Air & Water limited to 911 numbered copies with an exclusive art print in a cloth-wrapped clamshell case!
£170.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Inside Formula 1
Book SynopsisMore than 300 rare full-color and black-and-white behind-the-scenes images from father-and-son photographers who were granted unprecedented access to Formula 1 races, drivers, and cars.
£40.00
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Alfa Romeo
Book SynopsisA complete history of 110 years of Alfa Romeo, the cars, the people, the racing, and the heritage
£32.79
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Curtiss Aerocar
Book SynopsisThe first-ever history of an innovative recreational and commercial trailer designed and built by engineering and aviation pioneer and icon Glenn H. Curtiss. The complete history of the Curtiss Aerocar, a groundbreaking travel trailer that blended the genius of Glenn H. Curtiss with the principles of aircraft design. Curtiss was a passionate engineering and aviation pioneer who is considered one of the leading engineering minds of the 20th century. His work on motorcycles, balloons, airplanes, and of course, the Aerocar set engineering standards for decades to come. Curtiss originally conceived the Aerocar purely for his own use and was at first reluctant to make it available to the public. But eventually, Curtiss used his engineering creativity to put the Aerocar into production, and it evolved from a personal passion project to a commercial sensation that endured long after Curtiss''s time. In these pages, readers will discover
£23.79
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Chevrolet Corvette
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£48.75
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Porsche RS
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£43.99
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Automobili Lamborghini
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University of British Columbia Press British Columbia by the Road
Book SynopsisAlthough cars and roads promised freedom, they offered drivers a curated view of the landscape. This book takes readers on a journey through the history of roads, highways, and motoring in British Columbia's Interior, a remote landscape composed of plateaus and interlocking valleys, soaring mountains and treacherous passes.Trade ReviewRead British Columbia by the Road backwards. Or forwards. It doesn’t matter. Like the highways themselves, you can drive Ben Bradley’s bright, engaging work on automobility, identity, and landscape in British Columbia’s Interior in different directions. Stop to visit an open-air museum or take a picture of a striking vista. You’ll get to where you’re going. -- Blair Stein, University of Oklahoma * BC Studies, Issue 199, Fall 2018 *Through refreshing and in-depth research, author Ben Bradley … offers up an engaging road trip through time and space, guiding the reader along the twisting, turning, climbing, curated, landscape of the circa 1925 to 1970 British Columbia Interior highway system, where myriad man-made, natural, and historic vistas unfold…. British Columbia by the Road is delightfully interactive, in that the author encourages the reader to slip behind the wheel … [and] an excellent read, [that] serves to shed light on the numerous forces and underpinnings which were at play in the development of the BC Interior highway system. -- David P. Stephens * Material Culture Review *Bradley’s study offers fresh perspectives on tourism promotion, park development, political culture, and public history. Befitting a study focusing on driving’s visual culture, the book has superb maps and photographs … British Columbia by the Road provides a much-needed and sustained analysis of key developments in the province’s interior and is clearly a “must read” for BC historians. For those less engaged and less familiar with the province’s history, it offers valuable and nuanced insights into the political, environmental, and economic history of North America—particularly the regional impact of automobility. -- Michael Dawson, St Thomas University * Histoire Sociale/Social History *[British Columbia by the Road] succeeds admirably in achieving its goals and it will be of interest to a wide variety of scholars far beyond the bounds of British Columbia … the book is a terrific example of detailed, very placeful historical geographical research which succeeds in connecting western Canada’s particular story with a broader argument about how political imperatives, infrastructure investment, and the new technology of the automobile conspired to shape the economic geographies and place identities of many localities across North America and beyond. -- William Wyckoff, Montana State University, USA * Journal of Historical Geography *One of the ways that we experience our past is by driving through it. We hop into our automobiles and motor through the backcountry, stopping along the way at a wide variety of historical markers, parks, and viewpoints to refresh our memories or learn something new. This “public pedagogy” goes a long way to informing the ideas we have about our province’s history and it is the subject of Ben Bradley’s new book … British Columbia by the Road is refreshingly free of jargon and smoothly written; it also presents a thought-provoking new perspective on the history of B.C.’s interior. -- Daniel Francis * BC Booklook *Ben Bradley’s book British Columbia by the Road is a significant contribution to the history of North American automobility … [This] is a highly readable book that can be read not only for its academic merits, but also as a travel book! -- Maude Flamand-Hubert * NiCHE (Network in Canadian History & Environment) *Bradley shows that a regional focus can be an effective way to connect landscape, environmental, tourism, and mobility history. -- Review by Kyle Shelton, Rice University * Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Volume 109, Number 2 *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Automobility and the Making of New Kinds of ExperienceRoute A: A Drive through Nature1 Toward a Park in the Cascade Mountains2 Behind the Scenery in Manning Park3 The Politics of Roads and Parks in the Big Bend Country4 The Failure of Hamber Park and the Big Bend HighwayRoute B: Paths to the Past5 Tracing the Route of the Cariboo Wagon Road6 Changing Times and Crisis amidst Prosperity7 On the Road for the 1958 Centennial8 Mixed Fortunes in the BC Old RushConclusion: Looking Back on British Columbia by the RoadNotesBibliographyIndex
£28.80
University of British Columbia Press British Columbia by the Road
Book SynopsisBy offering behind-the-scenery glimpses of how boosters and builders modified the BC landscape and shaped what drivers and tourists could view from the comfort of their vehicles, this book confounds the idea of “freedom of the road.”Trade ReviewRead British Columbia by the Road backwards. Or forwards. It doesn’t matter. Like the highways themselves, you can drive Ben Bradley’s bright, engaging work on automobility, identity, and landscape in British Columbia’s Interior in different directions. Stop to visit an open-air museum or take a picture of a striking vista. You’ll get to where you’re going. -- Blair Stein, University of Oklahoma * BC Studies, Issue 199, Fall 2018 *Through refreshing and in-depth research, author Ben Bradley … offers up an engaging road trip through time and space, guiding the reader along the twisting, turning, climbing, curated, landscape of the circa 1925 to 1970 British Columbia Interior highway system, where myriad man-made, natural, and historic vistas unfold…. British Columbia by the Road is delightfully interactive, in that the author encourages the reader to slip behind the wheel … [and] an excellent read, [that] serves to shed light on the numerous forces and underpinnings which were at play in the development of the BC Interior highway system. -- David P. Stephens * Material Culture Review *Bradley’s study offers fresh perspectives on tourism promotion, park development, political culture, and public history. Befitting a study focusing on driving’s visual culture, the book has superb maps and photographs … British Columbia by the Road provides a much-needed and sustained analysis of key developments in the province’s interior and is clearly a “must read” for BC historians. For those less engaged and less familiar with the province’s history, it offers valuable and nuanced insights into the political, environmental, and economic history of North America—particularly the regional impact of automobility. -- Michael Dawson, St Thomas University * Histoire Sociale/Social History *[British Columbia by the Road] succeeds admirably in achieving its goals and it will be of interest to a wide variety of scholars far beyond the bounds of British Columbia … the book is a terrific example of detailed, very placeful historical geographical research which succeeds in connecting western Canada’s particular story with a broader argument about how political imperatives, infrastructure investment, and the new technology of the automobile conspired to shape the economic geographies and place identities of many localities across North America and beyond. -- William Wyckoff, Montana State University, USA * Journal of Historical Geography *One of the ways that we experience our past is by driving through it. We hop into our automobiles and motor through the backcountry, stopping along the way at a wide variety of historical markers, parks, and viewpoints to refresh our memories or learn something new. This “public pedagogy” goes a long way to informing the ideas we have about our province’s history and it is the subject of Ben Bradley’s new book … British Columbia by the Road is refreshingly free of jargon and smoothly written; it also presents a thought-provoking new perspective on the history of B.C.’s interior. -- Daniel Francis * BC Booklook *Ben Bradley’s book British Columbia by the Road is a significant contribution to the history of North American automobility … [This] is a highly readable book that can be read not only for its academic merits, but also as a travel book! -- Maude Flamand-Hubert * NiCHE (Network in Canadian History & Environment) *Bradley shows that a regional focus can be an effective way to connect landscape, environmental, tourism, and mobility history. -- Review by Kyle Shelton, Rice University * Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Volume 109, Number 2 *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Automobility and the Making of New Kinds of ExperienceRoute A: A Drive through Nature1 Toward a Park in the Cascade Mountains2 Behind the Scenery in Manning Park3 The Politics of Roads and Parks in the Big Bend Country4 The Failure of Hamber Park and the Big Bend HighwayRoute B: Paths to the Past5 Tracing the Route of the Cariboo Wagon Road6 Changing Times and Crisis amidst Prosperity7 On the Road for the 1958 Centennial8 Mixed Fortunes in the BC Old RushConclusion: Looking Back on British Columbia by the RoadNotesBibliographyIndex
£26.99
McFarland & Company Dirt Track Auto Racing 19191941 A Pictorial History
Book SynopsisThis pictorial history documents dirt track racing in the USA, Canada and Mexico from 1919 to 1941. Regionally divided chapters detail the drivers, tracks and specific races in each area of the country. Some drivers tasted fame and fortune while others faded into obscurity.
£29.96
McFarland & Company Special Use Vehicles An Illustrated History of
Book SynopsisBeyond the traditional purposes of moving people, goods, raw materials, and mail from place to place lies a world of unconventional uses of motor vehicles. This work presents the history which gives an overview of the many special purposes vehicles have served. It divides the vehicles into eight types based on their purposes and uses.
£27.54
McFarland & Company Inside the Fisher Body Craftsmans Guild
Book Synopsis From 1930 to 1968, General Motors sponsored a 1:12 scale model automobile design competition for youth--the famous Fisher Body Craftsman''s Guild. Each year thousands of boys and young men from across America competed for scholarships by designing, building, and submitting a scale model of their own dream car, to be judged on such qualities as design originality and craftsmanship. A public relations bonanza for GM, the program helped to identify and nurture a generation of future leaders in design engineering, automotive design, automotive styling, industrial design and other endeavors. In these essays, more than 30 Guildsmen chronicle their experiences in the competition, revealing their model car design techniques, tricks, and secrets: Philip J. Rauth, Joseph R. Rauth, Herman I. Rauth, Roger D. Teter, Gordon D. Williams, William A. Keyser, Jr., Warren M. Bakken, Wilfred C. Keagy, Arnold L. Joslin, Raymond P. Wykes, Charles R. Foreman, Adrian A. Bruno, Charles H. Stewar
£27.54
McFarland & Co Inc Champion of the Lark
Book Synopsis A career engineer at Studebaker, Harold E. Churchill became president of the recently merged Studebaker-Packard Corporation in 1956, at a time when finances were shaky and an aging product line was losing ground to the Big Three. Quickly launching a program of realism and common sense, he focused the company''s energies on a few selected market segments where he saw opportunities for gain. His vision for a compact economy car led to the Lark, the hit model that Studebaker desperately needed. This thorough examination of Churchill''s leadership of Studebaker-Packard draws upon Board of Directors minutes, internal documents, oral histories and media reports in constructing a detailed account of these crucial years. In addition to covering the cars and trucks produced under Churchill in detail, it closely traces Churchill''s actions as president and analyzes his motivations, the pressures he faced, his leadership style and the success or failure of his tenure.
£27.54
McFarland & Company Wheel Man Robert M Keating Pioneer of Bicycles
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£34.19
Johns Hopkins University Press From the American System to Mass Production
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe history of technology at its very best. It is also a volume which has a great deal to interest the business historian... A superb study replete with new insights and eqully valuable in its parts as in their sum... This is an exciting book which deserves the highest praise. Business History David Hounshell's history of the evolution of American production methods has few rivals: in execution of the theme it has none... Both the armchair historian and the specialist in the history of technology will find this a highly readable and most informative work. ScienceTable of ContentsFigures and TablesForewordAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The American System of Manufacures in the Antebellum PeriodChapter 2. The Sewing Machine and the American System of ManufacturesChapter 3. Mass Production in American Woodworking Industries: A Case StudyChapter 4. The McCormick Reaper Works and American Manufacturing Technology in the Nineteenth CenturyChapter 5. From the American System toward Mass Production: The Bicycle Industry in the Nineteenth CenturyChapter 6. The Ford Motor Company and the Rise of Mass Production in AmericaChapter 7. Cul-de-sac: The Limits of Fordism and the Coming of "Flexible Mass Production"Chapter 8. The Ethos of Mass Production and Its CriticsAppendix 1. The Evolution of the Expression The American System of ManufacturesAppendix 2. Singer Sewing Machine Artificial AnalysisNotesBibliographyIndex
£29.25
Hopkins Fulfillment Service Cars and Culture The Life Story of a Technology
Book SynopsisA succinct yet comprehensive history, Cars and Culture highlights the technical changes that altered the appearance and performance of automobiles, along with the myriad forces that have shaped the car's development.Trade ReviewAn excellent and easily read encapsulation of major themes in automobile history. -- Neal V. Hitch Michigan Historical Review 2006 Briskly paced and well written narrative. -- Bruce Pietrykowski Journal of Transport History 2007Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionTimeline1. The Dawn of the Motor Age, 1886-19052. The Automobile's Adolescence, 1905-19143. From Battlefield to Boulevard, 1914-19294. Hard Years and Heroic Days, 1929-19455. In High Gear, 1945-19656. Second Thoughts, 1965-19907. At the Turn of a New Century, 1990-GlossaryBibliographyIndex
£20.70
Johns Hopkins University Press Eat My Dust
Book SynopsisMore than new chapters in automobile history, these stories locate women motorists within twentieth-century debates about class, gender, sexuality, race, and nation.Trade ReviewThis is an extremely interesting book in that it provides the reader with a different perspective on the automobile age and what it meant to women as well as society as a whole... A must-have book for anyone interested in women's history. The photographs of various women traveling or involved in mechanical work are a great addition as well. It is a fascinating look at the way that cars freed many women and started us on the path to greater 'mechanical' equality with men. -- Marcia A. Lusted Academia 2008 Georgine Clarsen has produced a fascinating account of women motorists in the first three decades of the automobile age. Her crisp and elegant prose takes the reader on a speedy trip over a wide range of terrain, indicating the importance of the car in the cultural politics of the early 20th century. -- Sean O'Connell Reviews in History 2009 Presents an excellent case study of the ways in which new technologies take on gendered meanings in the process of their social integration... Highly readable book. -- Anne Clendinning American Historical Review 2009 For anyone wanting to fully understand early automotive history, this book is a necessary read. -- Dennis E. Horvath Cruise-in.com 2009 This study holds great value, helping readers to appreciate the rich history of women's involvement in things mechanical... Recommended. Choice 2009 Eat My Dust stands as an impressive account of women's engagement with numerous aspects of automobile culture and thus with the ways that technology shapes and is shaped by concerns of gender, race, and the body. -- Deborah Clarke Technology and CultureTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Movement in a Minor Key: Dilemmas of the Woman Motorist2. A War Product: The British Motoring Girl and Her Garage3. A Car Made by English Ladies for Others of Their Sex: The Feminist Factory and the Lady's Car4. Transcontinental Travel: The Politics of Automobile Consumption in the United States5. Campaigns on Wheels: American Automobiles and a Suffrage of Consumption6. "The Woman Who Does": A Melbourne Women's Motor Garage7. Driving Australian Modernity: Conquering Australia by Car8. Machines as the Measure of Women: Cape-to-Cairo by AutomobileConclusionsNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
£45.12
Johns Hopkins University Press The Business of Speed
Book SynopsisLucsko offers a rich and heretofore untold account of the culture and technology of the high-performance automotive aftermarket in the United States, offering a fresh perspective on the history of the automobile in America.Trade ReviewLucsko does an exceptional job of telling the story of the performance tuning industry's evolution over seven decades. The book is thoroughly researched, including the players, the genesis of the automotive aftermarket industry, and how the business of speed evolved across America. -- Dennis E. Horvath Cruise-In.com 2008 A really informative read. Retro Cars 2009 The Business of Speed is the most extensive study of hot rodding yet published and will be the starting point for future scholars of this multi-billion dollar industry and its associated under-hood cultures. -- Kevin Borg Technology and Culture 2009 Lucsko brings a jeweler's eye to his examination of the history of the automobile aftermarket... In writing about ti, Lucsko is all business, his research is plentiful, and his expository prose is flawless... This is a very valuable contribution to automobile history and culture. Choice 2009 The Business of Speed is clearly written, insightfully argued, and exceptionally successful in explaining the highly technical modifications to stock automobiles... In the hands of an inferior writer, these details could have made the book intellectually inaccessible. -- Christopher W. Wells Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsPrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Faster Flivvers, 1915–19272. Westward Ho, 1928–19423. From Hot Rods to Hot Rodding, 1945–19554. The California Hot Rod Industry, 1945–19555. Factory Muscle, 1955–19706. Bolt-on Power, 1955–19707. The Speed Equipment Manufacturers Association8. "Ink-Happy Do-Gooders," 1960–19789. "This Dreadful Conspiracy," 1966–198410. The Best of Times, the Worst of Times, 1970–1990ConclusionNotesGlossaryEssay on SourcesIndex
£48.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Horse Trading in the Age of Cars Men in the
Book SynopsisGelber's highly readable and lively prose makes clear how this unique economic ritual survived into the industrial twentieth century, in the process adding a colorful and interesting chapter to the history of the automobile.Trade ReviewGelber offers vivid portraits of several automotive flim-flam artists, and he captures the antics of dealers like Earl 'Madman' Muntz, who revolutionized auto sales in the 1940s and early '50s by creating a sales-crazed character for his advertising. -- John Stoll Wall Street Journal.com 2008 Whatever cultural and economic factors keep horse trading alive in the age of cars and the internet, this carefully researched and well-written study is our best guide to the history of this paradoxical situation. -- Joseph Corn Technology and Culture 2009 Gelber's work is... praiseworthy because it avoids the kind of temporal parochialism that characterizes so many contemporary monographs, covering the entire automobile age. -- Clay McShane Journal of Social History 2010 Horse Trading in the Age of Cars is an original work that accomplishes something admirable. -- Eric J. Morser The Historian 2010Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: The Cowboy and the Flapper1. Horse Trading: During the BuyerHorses as Masculine SymbolsThe Manly Art of Horse TradingThe Reputation of Horse TradersThe Horse Trading BusinessHorse Trading as a GameThe Rules of the GameHiding FaultsWarranties2. Retailing: Satisfying the BuyerManufactured Transportation: Carriages and BicyclesNegotiated (Discriminatory) PricesSingle (Democratic) PricesSatisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Cheerfully Refunded3. Cars: Joining the New MarketplaceCoachmen to Chauffeurs: The Male LineageCars in StoresOne Posted Price to AllOne-Price by LawAdvertising List Prices4. Used Cars: Undermining the New MarketplaceOriginsTrade-In Allowances and Over-AllowancesControlling Over-AllowancesCheating: "Buyers Are Liars"—And So Are Sellers5. The Triumph of the Price Pack: Selling the DealPrice Padding with the PackAfter-Sales PackingThe 1950s: ". . . for Thieves to Sell to Mental Defectives"Advertising and Blitz MarketingPosting a PriceThe Great Warranty War6. Bad GuysThe Car Seller's Career: Nasty, Brutish, and ShortThe Sales Game: TacticsThe Sales Game: StrategyCar Dealers' Reputation and Character7. Bargaining and Gender"The Great American Sport of Bargaining"BrokersCars and MasculinityWomen as Buyers and SellersEpilogue: Still Horse Trading in the Internet AgeThe Dealer's CostMake Me an Offer!NotesIndex
£41.85
University of Nebraska Press Routes of Compromise
Book SynopsisMichael K. Bess studies the social, economic, and political implications of road building and state formation in Mexico through a comparative analysis of Nuevo León and Veracruz from the 1920s to the 1950s. He examines how both foreign and domestic actors, working at local, national, and transnational levels, helped determine how Mexico would build and finance its roadways.Trade Review"Michael K. Bess's new book on road building in post-Revolutionary Mexico uses the network of federal highways and local dirt roads constructed in the first half of the twentieth century as an apt metaphor for the mediated and uneven penetration of state power during that era."—Casey Marina Lurtz, Journal of Social History"This book is not just an important piece of political economy, but also a microcosm of the broader functioning of postrevolutionary politics."—Paul Gillingham, Americas"Michael K. Bess has provided us with an easily readable and very valuable book. He weaves strands of economic development and political struggle into a cohesive and coherent analytic narrative. Routes of Compromise will prove valuable to historians of Mexico and students alike, as well as to anyone interested in transnational comparisons of roadbuilding in other situations."—Bruce A. Castleman, Hispanic American Historical Review"Michael Bess's tight analysis, exhaustive research, and effective prose will surely be required reading for students interested in nation-building, political economy, and the realization of revolutionary ideals of twentieth century Mexico."—Matthew A. Redinger, Pacific Historical Review"Routes of Compromise is a lucidly written, deeply researched, and much-needed study on road building after the Mexican Revolution. Given the economic and cultural importance roads have for any society, this book should attract investigators beyond the field of Mexican history. Scholars researching economic development, state formation, and transportation elsewhere in the twentieth century should consider Routes of Compromise a necessary read for comparison with Mexico."—Salvador Salinas, American Historical Review“A richly documented study of the national, regional, and local politics surrounding road construction in Mexico. Obligatory reading for students interested in state-building, economic development, and everyday conflicts over the spoils of modernization.”—Barry Carr, professor emeritus at La Trobe University and coeditor of The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire “Comparative in approach and sensitive to the transnational dimension and the agendas of politicians, bureaucrats, and members of an array of social groups, Michael Bess’s nuanced treatment of Mexican road-building is a must-read for anyone interested in Mexico’s postrevolutionary experience.”—Samuel Brunk, professor of history at the University of Texas, El Paso, and author of The Posthumous Career of Emiliano Zapata: Myth, Memory, and Mexico’s Twentieth Century “A compelling analysis of the essential but overlooked impact of road building in modern Mexico. Exhaustively researched and cogently argued, few recent works are as important to understanding how state power, economic modernization, and nation-building converged in twentieth-century Mexico.”—Susan Gauss, associate professor of Latin American and Iberian studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Revolutionary Roads Chapter 1: “A Good Road . . . Brings Life to All of the Towns It Passes”: The Fight for a National and Public Road-Building Program Chapter 2: “Everyone Was Ready to Do Their Part”: Road Politics and State Bureaucracies Take Shape in Nuevo León and Veracruz Chapter 3: “So That These Problems May Be Placed in the Hand of the President”: Roads and Motor Travel under Cardenismo Chapter 4: “We March with Mexico for Liberty!”: Road Building in Wartime Chapter 5: “Those Who Do Not Look Forward Are Left Behind”: Alemanismo’s Road to Prosperity Chapter 6: Charting the Contours: State Power in Mexico’s Road-Building Efforts Appendix A: Comparing the Real Cost of Federal and State Spending on Roads Appendix B: Comparing the Budgets for Program for Cooperation on Roads and the Comisión Nacional de Caminos Vecinales Appendix C: Minimum Wages in Nuevo León and Veracruz for Road Workers Notes Bibliography Index
£42.50
Stanford University Press The Lincoln Story
Book SynopsisLincoln's heritage is as rich as that of any car built anywhere in the world, and more impressive than all but a few. This volume tells the story of the Lincoln in the years following the war.Trade Review“This is a very readable, pratical, and enjoyable book about the only American automobile named after a president.”—Choice"Author Thomas Bonsall regales readers to far more than facts; his unique style of research brings us a superbly mesmerizing tale that deserves a place on your book shelf. Bonsall keeps readers on the edge of their seats as he chauffeurs them through an astonishing half-century and more of the Lincoln legend. This automotive historian has an uncanny knack for interviewing folks who helped to make history firsthand, and that inside scoop is guaranteed to delight Lincoln lovers."—Old Cars
£40.50
Stanford University Press The Cadillac Story
Book SynopsisThis is the story of the Cadillac car company. The American automobile industry, which, as much as any industry, drove America's growth in the 20th century and defined the American people: mobile and prosperous.
£40.50
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Driving Forces
Book SynopsisTo its critics, the automobile is a voracious consumer of irreplaceable energy resources, a leading polluter of the environment, and a destroyer of cohesive communities. The most outspoken opponents call for greater regulations and restrictions to ultimately replace the automobile as the country''s primary means of transportation. But their proposals all ignore one simple fact: Americans love their cars! Millions of citizens have made the automobile the most successful method of mass transportation ever developed, and they are not about to give up the personal mobility it offers. This book presents the controversial view that, for the vast majority of Americans, the automobile is not the problem, but the solution to transportation needs. While acknowledging the automobile''s significant drawbacks, the author refutes much of the shrill rhetoric and doomsday predictions of its opponents. He takes a skeptical look at the major policy initiatives to tax, regulate, and provide alter
£18.04
Rowman & Littlefield Autonomous Vehicles The Road to Economic Growth
Book Synopsis Better public policies can make the road smoother for self-driving vehicles and the society that soon will depend on them. Whether you find the idea of autonomous vehicles to be exciting or frightening, the truth is that they will soon become a significant everyday presence on streets and highwaysnot just a novel experiment attracting attention or giggles and sparking fears of runaway self-driving cars. The emergence of these vehicles represents a watershed moment in the history of transportation. If properly encouraged, this innovation promises not only to vastly improve road travel and generate huge benefits to travelers and businesses, but to also benefit the entire economy by reducing congestion and virtually eliminating vehicle accidents. The impacts of autonomous vehicles on land use, employment, and public finance are likely to be mixed. But widely assumed negative effects are generally overstated because they ignore plausible adjustments by the public and policymakers that could ameliorate them. This book by two transportation experts argues that policy analysts can play an important and constructive role in identifying and analyzing important policy issues and necessary steps to ease the advent of autonomous vehicles. Among the actions that governments must take are creating a framework for vehicle testing, making appropriate investments in the technology of highway networks to facilitate communication involving autonomous vehicles, and reforming pricing and investment policies to enable operation of autonomous vehicles to be safe and efficient. The authors argue that policymakers at all levels of government must address these and other issues sooner rather than later. Prompt and effective actions outlined in this book are necessary to ensure that autonomous vehicles will be safe and efficient when the public begins to adopt them as replacements for current vehicles.
£23.75
LUP - University of Georgia Press Motoring The Highway Experience in America
Book SynopsisCovers the myth of the open road and the reality of the American driving experience. This book features the forces that shape the American driving experience - commercial, aesthetic, cultural and mechanical. It looks back at our historically unconditional love of motor travel.
£24.95
Duke University Press Mobility without Mayhem
Book SynopsisWhile Americans prize the ability to get behind the wheel and hit the open road, they have not always agreed about what constitutes safe, decorous driving and who is capable of it. This title presents a cultural history of America's fear of and fascination with driving, from the mid-twentieth century to the present.Trade Review“Whether you think of the car as symbolizing freedom, or environmental degradation, you'll find Packer's book thought-provoking, even entertaining.” - Cliff Bellamy, Durham Herald-Sun"Packer's study of the cultural anxieties surrounding the automobile and the attempts to regulate this space (always in the name of ‘safety’) is quite exhaustive. . . . Packer's examination of the popularity of the Cadillac in African-American communities during this middle part of the 20th century." - Gerry Canavan, Independent Weekly“Safe driving . . . is not straightforward. Packer’s main insight is that the public’s attraction to the idea of safety makes it vulnerable to exploitation and manipulation by institutions. While his perspective often seems pessimistic, it is amply backed up, and its criticism of the intrusion of authority into our everyday lives is thought-provoking.” - Tim Roberts, M/C Reviews“Reading a book on traffic safety would seem to most to be a cure for insomnia. However, Jeremy Packer’s Mobility Without Mayhem: Safety, Cars, and Citizenship may well keep you up past your bedtime. . . . Packer’s informed and nuanced exploration of the relation of mobility to ideology in postwar America is comprehensive, provocative, and instructive. Check it out.” - Steven E. Alford, International Journal of Motorcycle Studies“Packer’s book succeeds in illuminating much about the public discourse on and cultural meaning of driving both past and present. In the process, he manages to call into question the fixation with managing risk that seems so all pervasive in American society in the era of the so-called War on Terror. Overall, the book makes a significant contribution to the growing scholarly literature on the automobile and the distinctive way of life it has helped to create. This is no small achievement.” - Steve Macek, International Journal of Communication“Packer’s work offers historians insightful analysis of postwar automobility. . . . The book is a fresh and important contribution to the history of mobility in the United States.” - Kathleen Franz, The Journal of American History“Engaging with lively debates in contemporary cultural studies, including critical geography, technological and social history, and popular culture studies, Jeremy Packer denaturalizes the common-sense assumptions that inform our culture’s conceptions of drivers and driving.”—Jeffrey Sconce, editor of Sleaze Artists: Cinema at the Margins of Taste, Style, and Politics“For all that the United States trumpets individualism, it is a nation of obedience—to church, kin, commodity, conquest, and, perhaps above all, car. Jeremy Packer takes us along a wild but always disciplined drive in the fast lane of cultural studies.”—Toby Miller, author of The Well-Tempered Self: Citizenship, Culture, and the Postmodern Subject“Packer’s book succeeds in illuminating much about the public discourse on and cultural meaning of driving both past and present. In the process, he manages to call into question the fixation with managing risk that seems so all pervasive in American society in the era of the so-called War on Terror. Overall, the book makes a significant contribution to the growing scholarly literature on the automobile and the distinctive way of life it has helped to create. This is no small achievement.” -- Steve Macek * International Journal of Communication *“Packer’s work offers historians insightful analysis of postwar automobility. . . . The book is a fresh and important contribution to the history of mobility in the United States.” -- Kathleen Franz * Journal of American History *“Reading a book on traffic safety would seem to most to be a cure for insomnia. However, Jeremy Packer’s Mobility Without Mayhem: Safety, Cars, and Citizenship may well keep you up past your bedtime. . . . Packer’s informed and nuanced exploration of the relation of mobility to ideology in postwar America is comprehensive, provocative, and instructive. Check it out.” -- Steven E. Alford * International Journal of Motorcycle Studies *“Safe driving . . . is not straightforward. Packer’s main insight is that the public’s attraction to the idea of safety makes it vulnerable to exploitation and manipulation by institutions. While his perspective often seems pessimistic, it is amply backed up, and its criticism of the intrusion of authority into our everyday lives is thought-provoking.” -- Tim Roberts * M/C Reviews *“Whether you think of the car as symbolizing freedom, or environmental degradation, you'll find Packer's book thought-provoking, even entertaining.” -- Cliff Bellamy * Durham Herald-Sun *"Packer's study of the cultural anxieties surrounding the automobile and the attempts to regulate this space (always in the name of ‘safety’) is quite exhaustive. . . . Packer's examination of the popularity of the Cadillac in African-American communities during this middle part of the 20th century." -- Gerry Canavan * Independent Weekly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction: Auto-Mobile America 1 1. The Crusade for Traffic Safety: Mobilizing the Suburban Dream 27 2. Hitching the Highway to Hell: Media Hysterics and the Politics of Youth Mobility 77 3. Motorcycle Madness: The Insane, the Profane, and Newly Tame 111 4. Communications Convoy: The CB and Truckers 161 5. Of Cadillacs and "Coon Cages": The Racing of Automobility 189 6. Raging with a Machine: Neoliberalism Meets the Automobile 231 7. Safety to Security: Future Orientations of Automobility 267 Notes 293 Works Cited 325 Index 341
£81.90
Duke University Press Mobility without Mayhem
Book SynopsisWhile Americans prize the ability to get behind the wheel and hit the open road, they have not always agreed about what constitutes safe, decorous driving and who is capable of it. This title presents a cultural history of America's fear of and fascination with driving, from the mid-twentieth century to the present.Trade Review“Whether you think of the car as symbolizing freedom, or environmental degradation, you'll find Packer's book thought-provoking, even entertaining.” - Cliff Bellamy, Durham Herald-Sun"Packer's study of the cultural anxieties surrounding the automobile and the attempts to regulate this space (always in the name of ‘safety’) is quite exhaustive. . . . Packer's examination of the popularity of the Cadillac in African-American communities during this middle part of the 20th century." - Gerry Canavan, Independent Weekly“Safe driving . . . is not straightforward. Packer’s main insight is that the public’s attraction to the idea of safety makes it vulnerable to exploitation and manipulation by institutions. While his perspective often seems pessimistic, it is amply backed up, and its criticism of the intrusion of authority into our everyday lives is thought-provoking.” - Tim Roberts, M/C Reviews“Reading a book on traffic safety would seem to most to be a cure for insomnia. However, Jeremy Packer’s Mobility Without Mayhem: Safety, Cars, and Citizenship may well keep you up past your bedtime. . . . Packer’s informed and nuanced exploration of the relation of mobility to ideology in postwar America is comprehensive, provocative, and instructive. Check it out.” - Steven E. Alford, International Journal of Motorcycle Studies“Packer’s book succeeds in illuminating much about the public discourse on and cultural meaning of driving both past and present. In the process, he manages to call into question the fixation with managing risk that seems so all pervasive in American society in the era of the so-called War on Terror. Overall, the book makes a significant contribution to the growing scholarly literature on the automobile and the distinctive way of life it has helped to create. This is no small achievement.” - Steve Macek, International Journal of Communication“Packer’s work offers historians insightful analysis of postwar automobility. . . . The book is a fresh and important contribution to the history of mobility in the United States.” - Kathleen Franz, The Journal of American History“Engaging with lively debates in contemporary cultural studies, including critical geography, technological and social history, and popular culture studies, Jeremy Packer denaturalizes the common-sense assumptions that inform our culture’s conceptions of drivers and driving.”—Jeffrey Sconce, editor of Sleaze Artists: Cinema at the Margins of Taste, Style, and Politics“For all that the United States trumpets individualism, it is a nation of obedience—to church, kin, commodity, conquest, and, perhaps above all, car. Jeremy Packer takes us along a wild but always disciplined drive in the fast lane of cultural studies.”—Toby Miller, author of The Well-Tempered Self: Citizenship, Culture, and the Postmodern Subject“Packer’s book succeeds in illuminating much about the public discourse on and cultural meaning of driving both past and present. In the process, he manages to call into question the fixation with managing risk that seems so all pervasive in American society in the era of the so-called War on Terror. Overall, the book makes a significant contribution to the growing scholarly literature on the automobile and the distinctive way of life it has helped to create. This is no small achievement.” -- Steve Macek * International Journal of Communication *“Packer’s work offers historians insightful analysis of postwar automobility. . . . The book is a fresh and important contribution to the history of mobility in the United States.” -- Kathleen Franz * Journal of American History *“Reading a book on traffic safety would seem to most to be a cure for insomnia. However, Jeremy Packer’s Mobility Without Mayhem: Safety, Cars, and Citizenship may well keep you up past your bedtime. . . . Packer’s informed and nuanced exploration of the relation of mobility to ideology in postwar America is comprehensive, provocative, and instructive. Check it out.” -- Steven E. Alford * International Journal of Motorcycle Studies *“Safe driving . . . is not straightforward. Packer’s main insight is that the public’s attraction to the idea of safety makes it vulnerable to exploitation and manipulation by institutions. While his perspective often seems pessimistic, it is amply backed up, and its criticism of the intrusion of authority into our everyday lives is thought-provoking.” -- Tim Roberts * M/C Reviews *“Whether you think of the car as symbolizing freedom, or environmental degradation, you'll find Packer's book thought-provoking, even entertaining.” -- Cliff Bellamy * Durham Herald-Sun *"Packer's study of the cultural anxieties surrounding the automobile and the attempts to regulate this space (always in the name of ‘safety’) is quite exhaustive. . . . Packer's examination of the popularity of the Cadillac in African-American communities during this middle part of the 20th century." -- Gerry Canavan * Independent Weekly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction: Auto-Mobile America 1 1. The Crusade for Traffic Safety: Mobilizing the Suburban Dream 27 2. Hitching the Highway to Hell: Media Hysterics and the Politics of Youth Mobility 77 3. Motorcycle Madness: The Insane, the Profane, and Newly Tame 111 4. Communications Convoy: The CB and Truckers 161 5. Of Cadillacs and "Coon Cages": The Racing of Automobility 189 6. Raging with a Machine: Neoliberalism Meets the Automobile 231 7. Safety to Security: Future Orientations of Automobility 267 Notes 293 Works Cited 325 Index 341
£27.90
Industrial Press Automotive Milestones The Technological Development of the Automobile Who What When Where and How It All Works
Book SynopsisDescribes the development of automotive technology and engineering from the start of the industry before 1900 to the present day. The book explains how various systems and elements in the automobile work in layman's terms, and highlights the key milestones in the historical development of automotive technology.Trade Review""Automotive Milestones, by Robert L. Norton, is about all the mechanisms that are needed in an automobile and how they work. The book consists of eight main chapters, each one covering a major mechanical system of the automobile plus a summary chapter and appendices. There are numerous photographs and illustrations used throughout the book to support the concepts discussed. The author has thoroughly researched the subject and leaves the reader with a new appreciation of what has been tried over the nearly 250 years of automobile history. The book is logically organized and clearly explained in a way that only a person with in-depth knowledge could do. His latest book is Automotive Milestones which provides the cornerstones of a thorough understanding of automobile technology. If you are just looking for a general understanding of the automobile, looking for inspiration in support of a new idea, or just want a concise history of automotive milestones, this book is a must read.""--Parker Ackley, Antique Automobile EnthusiastDid you ever wonder?... Who formed the first automobile company in America? When and who made the first fully automatic transmission? (Hint: it was not GM in 1939) What is the difference between sprung and unsprung weight in a car, and why does it matter? When did the frame of a car get replaced by the unibody? How does a differential work? It took more than 100 years to develop the modern automobile. This book presents a very readable and informative description of this evolution. The author, Robert Norton, is an engineer with many years of experience in the design of machinery. Automotive Milestomes is a clear presentation of the internal workings of the automobile over the years. No matter whether you are a seasoned car buff or just curious to learn more about the history of cars, you will enjoy reading this book.--William J. Crochetiere, Professor Emeritus, Tufts UniversityTable of ContentsMotive Power: External Combustion Engines. Internal Combustion Engines. Electric Vehicles. Chassis Layouts and Drivelines: The First Production Automobiles. Other Early European Makes. Engine Configurations: Cylinder Arrangements. Floating Power. Summary. Valve Trains, Inductions, and Supercharging: Valve Actuation. Valve Cam Functions. Valve Arrangements. Variable Valve Timing (VVT). Cylinder Deactivation. Fuel Control. Summary. Transmissions and Differentials: Gearboxes. Friction Drive. Planetary Transmissions. Overdrive Transmissions. Semi-Automatic Gearboxes. Preselector Gearboxes. Dry-Clutched, Semi-Automatic. Automatic Transmission. Differentials. Summary. Suspension and Steering: Sprung versus Unsprung Weight. Rear Suspension. Front Suspension. Dampers. Steering. Brakes: Mechanical. Hydraulic. Air. Power. Parking. Body: Body on Frame. Streamlined. Unibody. Monocoque. NVH. Summary.
£49.50
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Old Trolleybuses Shire album 215
Book SynopsisInterest in old trolleybuses increased as they began to disappear from the urban landscape in the early 1960s, and this interest has been boosted in recent years by the prospect of a new generation of trolleybuses designed in - and for - the twenty-first century. This interest, at once nostalgic and forward-looking, has led to loving restorations of surviving examples, meaning that it is possible in cities including London, Glasgow and Dublin to see and ride in functioning buses. This book traces the fascinating history of the trolleybus since the first experiments in this mode of electric transport were conducted over a century ago.Table of ContentsThe experiments /The heyday in the 1930s /The ‘utility’ years /Postwar boom /Swift demise /The current scene /Further reading /Places to visit
£6.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd German Trucks Cars in WWII Vol.I
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£9.49
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Porsche 911 19631986 Schiffer Automotive
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Schlumpf Automobile Collection
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£18.04
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Jaguar MkII 19551959 Schiffer Automotive
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Chevrolet Corvette 19531986 Schiffer Automotive
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd MercedesBenz 190SL 19551963 Schiffer Automotive
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£18.04
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Porsche 356 19481965
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd CitrÃen 2CV 19481986
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd AustinHealey 19531972
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd BMW 15002002 19621977
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Jaguar XKE 19611975 Schiffer Automotive Series
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Volkswagens of the Wehrmacht
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