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The Business of Speed
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 362

The Business of Speed

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008-11-03
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  • Publisher: JHU Press

Lucsko offers a rich and heretofore untold account of the culture and technology of the high-performance automotive aftermarket in the United States, offering a fresh perspective on the history of the automobile in America.

Tinkering
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 233

Tinkering

In the first decades after mass production, between 1913 and 1939, middle-class Americans not only bought cars but also enthusiastically redesigned them. By examining the ways Americans creatively adapted their automobiles, Tinkering takes a fresh look at automotive design from the bottom up, as a process that included manufacturers, engineers, advice experts, and consumers in various guises. Franz argues that automobile ownership opened new possibilities for ingenuity among consumers even as large corporations came to control innovation. Franz weaves together a variety of sources, from serial fiction to corporate documents, to explore tinkering as a form of authority in a culture that value...

User Unfriendly
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 295

User Unfriendly

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-11-01
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  • Publisher: JHU Press

We’ve all been there. Seduced by the sleek designs and smart capabilities of the newest gadgets, we end up stumped by their complicated set-up instructions and exasperating error messages. In this fascinating history, Joseph J. Corn maps two centuries of consumer frustration and struggle with personal technologies. Aggravation with the new machines people adopt and live with is as old as the industrial revolution. Clocks, sewing machines, cameras, lawn mowers, bicycles, electric lights, cars, and computers: all can empower and exhilarate, but they can also exact a form of servitude. Adopters puzzle over which type and model to buy and then how to operate the device, diagnose its troubles, ...

Motorsports and American Culture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 249

Motorsports and American Culture

Soon after the first automobiles were introduced in the United States, auto racing became a reality. Since that time, motorsports have expanded to include drag racing, open wheel racing, rallying, demolition derbies, stock car racing, and more. Motorsports have grown to such an extent that NASCAR is now the second most watched professional sport in America, behind only football. But motorsports are about much more than going fast and finishing first. These events also reflect our culture, our society, our values, and our history. In Motorsports and American Culture: From Demolition Derbies to NASCAR, Mark D. Howell and John D. Miller bring together essays that examine the relevancy of motors...

The Antique Automobile
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 534

The Antique Automobile

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1969
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Includes a tenth anniversary issue, dated Nov. 1945.

Popular Mechanics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 282

Popular Mechanics

  • Type: Magazine
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  • Published: 1950-08
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.

Motor
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1284

Motor

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1913
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Ford Field
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 526

Ford Field

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1953
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Vintage Ford
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 418

The Vintage Ford

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Gas Engine
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 822

Gas Engine

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1862
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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