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Author : John Iafolla
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780312067038
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (67 download)
Download or read book American Dream Cars 1946-1972 written by John Iafolla and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 1991-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Ingrassia
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 145164065X
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Engines of Change written by Paul Ingrassia and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative like no other: a cultural history that explores how cars have both propelled and reflected the American experience— from the Model T to the Prius. From the assembly lines of Henry Ford to the open roads of Route 66, from the lore of Jack Kerouac to the sex appeal of the Hot Rod, America’s history is a vehicular history—an idea brought brilliantly to life in this major work by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Paul Ingrassia. Ingrassia offers a wondrous epic in fifteen automobiles, including the Corvette, the Beetle, and the Chevy Corvair, as well as the personalities and tales behind them: Robert McNamara’s unlikely role in Lee Iacocca’s Mustang, John Z. DeLorean’s Pontiac GTO , Henry Ford’s Model T, as well as Honda’s Accord, the BMW 3 Series, and the Jeep, among others. Through these cars and these characters, Ingrassia shows how the car has expressed the particularly American tension between the lure of freedom and the obligations of utility. He also takes us through the rise of American manufacturing, the suburbanization of the country, the birth of the hippie and the yuppie, the emancipation of women, and many more fateful episodes and eras, including the car’s unintended consequences: trial lawyers, energy crises, and urban sprawl. Narrative history of the highest caliber, Engines of Change is an entirely edifying new way to look at the American story.
Author : Jay Hirsch
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Great American Dream Machines written by Jay Hirsch and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1985 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mitch Frumkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780873494915
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (949 download)
Download or read book American Dream Cars written by Mitch Frumkin and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronologically organized, this reference offers a visual history of more than 650 wonderful experimental machines, starting with the Buick Y-Job dream car of the 1930s to the 2002 fuel-cell-propelled cars and light-duty trucks.
Author : Tushita Verlags GmbH
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783897896550
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (965 download)
Download or read book American Dream Cars written by Tushita Verlags GmbH and published by . This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shing Yin Khor
Publisher : Zest Books
ISBN 13 : 1942186371
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (421 download)
Download or read book The American Dream? written by Shing Yin Khor and published by Zest Books. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a child growing up in Malaysia, Shing Yin Khor had two very different ideas of what “America” meant. The first looked a lot like Hollywood, full of beautiful people and sunlight and freeways. The second looked more like The Grapes of Wrath - a nightmare landscape filled with impoverished people, broken-down cars, barren landscapes, and broken dreams. Those contrasting ideas have stuck with Shing ever since, even now that she lives and works in LA. The American Dream? A Journey on Route 66 is Shing’s attempt to find what she can of both of these Americas on a solo journey (small adventure-dog included) across the entire expanse of that iconic road, beginning in Santa Monica and ending up Chicago. And what begins as a road trip ends up as something more like a pilgrimage in search of an American landscape that seems forever shifting, forever out of place.
Author : Paul Ingrassia
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451640641
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Engines of Change written by Paul Ingrassia and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the history reflected by fifteen iconic car models to discuss how automobiles reflect key cultural shifts as well as developments in such areas as manufacturing, women's rights, and environmental awareness.
Author : Earl Swift
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062282670
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)
Download or read book Auto Biography written by Earl Swift and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant blend of Shop Class as Soulcraft and The Orchid Thief, Earl Swift's wise, funny, and captivating Auto Biography follows an outlaw auto dealer as he struggles to save a rusted '57 Chevy—a car that has already passed through twelve pairs of hands before his—while financial ruin, government bureaucrats and the FBI close in on him. Slumped among hundreds of other decrepit hulks on a treeless, windswept moor in eastern North Carolina, the Chevy evokes none of the Jet Age mystique that made it the most beloved car to ever roll off an assembly line. It's open to the rain. Birds nest in its seats. Officials of the surrounding county consider it junk. To Tommy Arney, it's anything but: It's a fossil of the twentieth-century American experience, of a place and a people utterly devoted to the automobile and changed by it in myriad ways. It's a piece of history—especially so because its flaking skin conceals a rare asset: a complete provenance, stretching back more than fifty years. So, hassled by a growing assortment of challengers, the Chevy's thirteenth owner—an orphan, grade-school dropout and rounder, a felon arrested seventy-odd times, and a man who's been written off as a ruin himself--embarks on a mission to save the car and preserve long record of human experience it carries in its steel and upholstery. Written for both gearheads and Sunday drivers, Auto Biography charts the shifting nature of the American Dream and our strange and abiding relationship with the automobile, through an iconic classic and an improbable, unforgettable hero.
Author : Martino Fagiuoli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788890059605
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (596 download)
Download or read book American Dream Car in Cuba written by Martino Fagiuoli and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photographic exploration of classic American cars across the Cuban landscape.
Author : Lucinda Lewis
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780810944343
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (443 download)
Download or read book Roadside America written by Lucinda Lewis and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both the most complete survey available of 20th-century American cars & a glorious, nostalgic photographic portrait of the icons of roadside America.
Author : Helene M. Lawson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847698639
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (986 download)
Download or read book Ladies on the Lot written by Helene M. Lawson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this unique and lively ethnography of women who sell cars, sociologist Helene M. Lawson and the "ladies on the lot" take readers behind the scenes of one of the last bastions of a predominantly male workplace: the car dealership. Linking the women's own stories within the broader framework of gender and occupation, Lawson presents an engaging and important case study on the impact of gender differences and behavior in the workplace. In doing so, Ladies on the Lot makes an original contribution to the field and will be of interest for a wide variety of courses, including gender and occupations, the sociology of work, the sociology of women, and various courses in women's studies and qualitative methods.
Author : Norm Mort
Publisher : Veloce Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781787113107
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (131 download)
Download or read book The American Dream - The Chevrolet Impala 1958-1970 written by Norm Mort and published by Veloce Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Dream - The Chevrolet Impala 1958-1971 examines the evolution of the popular Chevrolet Impala from the late 1950s stylish ‘specialty’ vehicle to become Chevrolet’s best-selling, iconic model in North America. In addition, this volume focuses on specifications, rarer performance models, industry facts and figures and optional equipment, through detailed text, brochure and advertising images, along with previously unpublished photographs. The important role played by the Impala for Chevrolet is also examined, as well as GM as a whole from its top-of-the-line, ‘specialty’ model status to its broad range of body styles and mainstream, volume production model status. As the 1950s ended, the Chevrolet Impala evolved into a status symbol, and added more and more style, comfort and optional equipment to its ever-increasing model range. From its similar styling and tri-colour pastel paint finishes the original Chevrolet Impala was the flashy, stylish sibling in the line-up, only to eventually return to a more conservative high-volume, mainstream car.
Author : Clifton Lambreth
Publisher : Mary Calia
ISBN 13 : 1933715448
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (337 download)
Download or read book Ford and the American Dream written by Clifton Lambreth and published by Mary Calia. This book was released on 2007 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictionalized account of real-life financial difficulties faced by the Ford Motor Company.
Author : Dan Neil
Publisher : Assouline Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614280150
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book The Impossible Collection of Cars written by Dan Neil and published by Assouline Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the dream of many to own the world’s most beautifully designed automobiles, but most often only a handful of collectors ever come close. Now, The Impossible Collection of Cars makes that dream come true, showcasing the one hundred most exceptional cars of the twentieth century in ASSOULINE's third volume in the Impossible Collection series. Each luxury automobile—from the 1909 Blitzen Benz to a 1996 McLaren F1—was chosen for its revolutionary engineering, magnificent lines, and head-turning capabilities. Assouline is pleased to announce this exquisite tome, which features cars owned by celebrities like Marlene Dietrich, Ralph Lauren, Greta Garbo, Pablo Picasso, and Elvis Presley. This Impossible Collection volume is presented on cotton paper in a beautiful black rubber clamshell box with a cutout metal plate.
Author : Publications International
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781640303720
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (37 download)
Download or read book World's Greatest Cars written by Publications International and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dream Cars: Chronicle of Design and Performance tells the story of extraordinary automobiles from more than a century ago to today. From popular cars that provided glamour and performance at a reasonable price to rare exotics built for the privileged few, these wondrous vehicles are represented in 70 distinct profiles. Each car is illustrated with large-format photography and informative text." --From inside book jacket.
Author : Jay Hirsch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780517143971
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (439 download)
Download or read book More Great American Dream Machines written by Jay Hirsch and published by . This book was released on 1995-05-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in trade paperback, the spectacular encore to Great American Dream Machines, a full-color celebration of 50 vintage American automobiles. Car expert Jay Hirsch offers detailed, inside information on where to find, how to repair, and how to appraise classic machines. 75 color and 25 black-and-white photos.
Author : Tamara Darvish
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781450289450
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (894 download)
Download or read book Outraged written by Tamara Darvish and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Outraged, an auto insider provides an inspiring account of what it means to lose your rights, property, and, in essence, the American dream. It begins with roughly two thousand men and women whose companies were destroyed by two automakers, General Motors and Chrysler, during their government-led corporate restructurings in 2009. Authors Tamara Darvish, vice president of DARCARS Automotive in Maryland, and Lillie Guyer, a Detroit area automotive journalist, show the collapse of the American dream from the perspective of an entrepreneur who was affected by the automotive industry bailout. In this featurized business story, Outraged details the founding of the activist group Committee to Restore Dealer Rights and its efforts to regain the economic rights of auto dealerships throughout the United States. It tells how they took their fight to Congress and to the steps of the White House. Outraged candidly examines the battles between dealers and the entities that engineered their demise. It also details the pain and the high points in government as its temporary power brokers ignore the significant role of Congress in lawmaking and the rights of ordinary citizens. This personal, controversial account shows what can happen when people unite in a common cause and stand up for what they believe is right.
