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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455197803321

Autore

Schweid Richard <1946->

Titolo

Che's Chevrolet, Fidel's Oldsmobile [[electronic resource] ] : on the road in Cuba / / by Richard Schweid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2004

ISBN

1-4696-0573-2

0-8078-8862-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

388.3/2/097291

Soggetti

Automobiles - Cuba

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Chapter 1. Locomobiles and Model T's; Chapter 2. Tudores and Fordores; Chapter 3. Buses and Trolleys; Chapter 4. 1957 Chevys; Chapter 5. Che's Chevy and Fidel's Olds; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Vintage U.S.-made cars on the streets of Havana provide a common representation of Cuba. Journalist Richard Schweid, who traveled throughout the island to research the story of motor vehicles in Cuba today and yesterday, gets behind the wheel and behind the stereotype in this colorful chronicle of cars, buses, and trucks. In his captivating, sometimes gritty, voice, Schweid blends previously untapped historical sources with his personal experiences, spinning a car-centered history of life on the island over the past century.Packard, Studebaker, Edsel, De Soto: cars long extinct in the