Stealing cars : technology and society from the Model T to the Gran Torino / / John A. Heitmann and Rebecca H. Morales
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| Autore: |
Heitmann John Alfred
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| Titolo: |
Stealing cars : technology and society from the Model T to the Gran Torino / / John A. Heitmann and Rebecca H. Morales
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, MD : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2014] |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.16/286292220973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Automobile theft - United States - History |
| Automobile theft - United States - Prevention | |
| Automobiles - Technological innovations | |
| Automobile thieves - United States | |
| Grand Theft Auto games - Social aspects | |
| Automobile theft - Mexican-American Border Region | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | MoralesRebecca H. |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction - Park at your own risk -- "Stop, thief!" -- Juvenile delinquents, hardened criminals, and ineffectual technological solutions -- From the personal garage to the surveillance society -- Car theft in the electronic and digital age -- Mexico, the U.S., and international auto theft -- The recent past -- Conclusion stealing the American dream -- Appendix A: Various U.S. automobile theft crime reports and surveys, 1924-2010 -- Appendix B: Tables. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "As early as 1910 Americans recognized that cars were easy to steal and, once stolen, hard to find. A car was its own getaway vehicle, and cars looked much alike. Model styles and colors eventually changed, and so did the means of making a stolen car disappear. Though changing license plates and serial numbers remain basic procedure, thieves have created highly sophisticated networks to disassemble stolen vehicles, distribute the parts, and/or ship the altered cars out of the country. Stealing cars naturally has become as technologically advanced as the cars themselves"-Provided by publisher. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Stealing cars |
| ISBN: | 1-4214-1298-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815565603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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