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The performing art of the american automobile tells the tale of the very cars that marked americas transition from a country of horses to one of horsepower. Integrating scholarly and popular approaches, this anthology of essays, memoirs, fiction, poetry, and graphics describes the impact of one of this centurys most fascinating inventions on american folkways. Henry ford innovated the american automobile and the assembly line, but few know that ford also applied his ingenuity to creating his ideal of a modern hotel. The american car since 1775 by the editors of automobile quarterly.
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The automobile and american culture is the most comprehensive study of its subject ever published. There would have been no victory without the arsenal. Fortyfour meticulously rendered, royaltyfree line drawings of classic autos, including historic roper steam carriage 1865, ford model a. The great smith was an american automobile that had roots that began when terry stafford built a home made car in topeka, kansas starting in 1899. Given the vital place of the industry in the american economy, the pervasive influence of the motor vehicle in american life, and the intense interest of most americans in carsthe latest model, the jalopy, the hotrod, or the antiqueinevitably many books have been and will be written on this. Companies already engaged in defense work expanded.
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