Tycoons, Scorchers, and Outlaws [electronic resource] : The Class War that Shaped American Auto Racing /
Messer-Kruse, T.author.
Tycoons, Scorchers, and Outlaws charts how auto racing was shaped by class tensions between the millionaires who invented it, the public who resented their seizure of the public roads, and the working class drivers who viewed the sport as a vocation, not a leisured pursuit.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tycoons, Scorchers, and Outlaws charts how auto racing was shaped by class tensions between the millionaires who invented it, the public who resented their seizure of the public roads, and the working class drivers who viewed the sport as a vocation, not a leisured pursuit.
United States-History.
History, Modern.
Social history.
Culture-Study and teaching.
America-History.
US History.
Modern History.
Social History.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
History of the Americas.