Tinkering : consumers reinvent the early automobile / Kathleen Franz.
Tinkering : consumers reinvent the early automobile / Kathleen Franz.
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Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N629.22209/4
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Language
English
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p. cm.
Contents
Introduction : automobiles in the machine age -- 1. What consumers wanted -- 2. Women's ingenuity -- 3. Consumers become inventors -- 4. A tinkerer's story -- 5. The automotive industry takes the stage -- Epilogue : tinkering from customizing to Car talk.
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Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
2005.
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"In the first decades of motor travel, between 1900 and 1940, Americans were buying automobiles in record numbers. Cars were becoming more easily affordable, not only for high-income families but for middle-class families as well. As they bought, they redesigned. By examining the ways Americans creatively adapted their automobiles, Tinkering takes...
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Tinkering : consumers reinvent the early automobile / Kathleen Franz.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N629.22209/4
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74VKqKN50oVO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqKN50oVO
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ISBN
0812238818 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780812238815 (cloth : alk. paper)
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629.2220973
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991020214219702626
