The cultural life of the automobile [[electronic resource] ] : roads to modernity / / Guillermo Giucci ; translated by Anne Mayagoitia and Debra Nagao
| The cultural life of the automobile [[electronic resource] ] : roads to modernity / / Guillermo Giucci ; translated by Anne Mayagoitia and Debra Nagao |
| Autore | Giucci Guillermo <1954-> |
| Edizione | [1st University of Texas Press ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, : University of Texas Press, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina | 388.3/42 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MayagoitiaAnne
NagaoDebra |
| Collana | LLILAS Translations from Latin America series |
| Soggetto topico |
Automobiles - Social aspects
Automobiles - History Automobiles - Social aspects - United States Automobiles - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-292-74359-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Henry Ford : from popular inventor to legend -- Fordism and cultural circulation -- The transnational object -- Contradictions of mobility -- Mechanical actors -- Final remarks : kinetic modernity and the automobile. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465465003321 |
Giucci Guillermo <1954->
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| Austin, : University of Texas Press, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The cultural life of the automobile [[electronic resource] ] : roads to modernity / / Guillermo Giucci ; translated by Anne Mayagoitia and Debra Nagao
| The cultural life of the automobile [[electronic resource] ] : roads to modernity / / Guillermo Giucci ; translated by Anne Mayagoitia and Debra Nagao |
| Autore | Giucci Guillermo <1954-> |
| Edizione | [1st University of Texas Press ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, : University of Texas Press, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina | 388.3/42 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MayagoitiaAnne
NagaoDebra |
| Collana | LLILAS Translations from Latin America series |
| Soggetto topico |
Automobiles - Social aspects
Automobiles - History Automobiles - Social aspects - United States Automobiles - United States - History |
| ISBN | 0-292-74359-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Henry Ford : from popular inventor to legend -- Fordism and cultural circulation -- The transnational object -- Contradictions of mobility -- Mechanical actors -- Final remarks : kinetic modernity and the automobile. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791734403321 |
Giucci Guillermo <1954->
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| Austin, : University of Texas Press, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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World history of the automobile / / Erik Eckermann ; translated by Peter L. Albrecht
| World history of the automobile / / Erik Eckermann ; translated by Peter L. Albrecht |
| Autore | Eckermann Erik |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Warrendale, Pa. (400 Commonwealth Dr., Wallendale PA USA) : , : Society of Automotive Engineers, , ©2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 PDF (x, 371 pages) : illustrations, digital file |
| Disciplina | 629.222/09 |
| Collana | Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications. |
| Soggetto topico | Automobiles - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The prehistory of the automobile: from ancient times to 1884 -- The development of animal-drawn transportation -- The quest for a prime mover -- The pioneering era and coming of age: 1885-1918 -- The four-stroke engine and early vehicles by Daimler, Maybach, and Benz -- Further development at Daimler and Benz to the turn of the century -- France as the pacemaker of motorization -- Europe and North America embrace the idea of the automobile -- The automobile industry at the turn of the century, I -- The Mercedes era -- The great awakening -- Commercial vehicles and buses to 1914 -- The role of motorized vehicles in World War I, 1914 to 1918 -- The automobile as an industrial product: 1919-1945 -- American superiority -- The situation in Germany, 1918 to 1932 -- Europe between imitation and independence -- The automobile industry and automotive technology in the 1930s -- The Renaissance of German automotive technology -- Commercial vehicles and buses, 1919 to 1939 -- The diesel engine arrives on the automotive scene -- Motorized forces in World War II, 1939 to 1945 -- The mass-produced automobile: 1946-1979 -- The automobile industry and automotive technology in the 1950s -- The German auto industry: reconstruction and consolidation -- The Beetle and Mini establish new directions -- Mass motorization, and American legislative and oil crises -- The Japanese challenge -- The automobile as a consumer good: 1980-2000 -- New horizons through electronics -- Auto production in other countries -- Commercial vehicles and buses, 1945 to 2000 -- Maintenance methods: from village blacksmith to on-board diagnostics -- Alternative fuels, engines, and drive systems -- The automobile industry and automotive technology, 1980 to 2000 -- The automobile industry at the turn of the century, II -- 115 years of motorized traffic and transportation: the road behind, the road ahead. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910438317603321 |
Eckermann Erik
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| Warrendale, Pa. (400 Commonwealth Dr., Wallendale PA USA) : , : Society of Automotive Engineers, , ©2001 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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