The automobile and American life
By: John A. Heitmann.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780786440139
Subjects: Automobile industry and trade -- United States -- History; Automobile industry and trade -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
Description: "The book covers the automobile from inception and later a plaything for the well-to-do; Henry Ford and the machine age; competition in the 1920s; road culture; religion, gender, courtship and sex; Great Depression; World War II; 1950s and youth culture, hot rod and rock and roll; societal changes in the 1960s; and changes since 1980"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.