The automobile and American life

By John Alfred Heitmann

Subjects: Automobile industry and trade--social aspects--united states--history, Automobile industry and trade--history, Automobile industry and trade--social aspects--history, Hd9710.u52 h39 2009, Automobile industry and trade--united states--history, Automobile industry and trade, 338.4/76292220973, Social aspects, History, Social aspects of Automobile industry and trade

Description: "The book covers the automobile from inception and later a plaything for the well-to-do; Henry Ford and the machine age; competition in the 1920s; road culture; religion, gender, courtship and sex; Great Depression; World War II; 1950s and youth culture, hot rod and rock and roll; societal changes in the 1960s; and changes since 1980"--Provided by publisher.