Maxwell Motor and the making of Chrysler Corporation
By: Anthony J. Yanik.
Series: Great Lakes books
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780814334232
Subjects: Maxwell Motors -- History; Chrysler Corporation -- History; Automobiles -- United States -- History; Chrysler automobile -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue to the founding of Maxwell-Briscoe; title: The formation of the Maxwell-Briscoe Company; title: Maxwell-Briscoe's rapid rise in the marketplace; title: Maxwell-Briscoe's failed merger attempts; title: Maxwell-Briscoe as a division of the United States Motor Company; title: The dissolution of the U.S. Motor Company; title: Walter Flanders and the new Maxwell organization; title: Bankers select Walter P. Chrysler to save Maxwell; title: Maxwell Corporation reorganized as Chrysler Corporation; title: Briscoe, J.P. Maxwell, Flanders, and W.P. Chrysler in later years.