| Author | Rae, John Bell, 1911- author.
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| Title | The American automobile : a brief history / by John B. Rae.
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| Published | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1965.
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| Description | xiv, 265 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
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| Series | Chicago history of American civilization.
The Chicago history of American civilization
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| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Illustrations -- Tables -- The Birth of the Automobile -- The Horseless carriage -- Growing Pains -- The Assembly-Line Revolution -- War and Readjustment -- Coming of Age -- Prosperity and Adversity -- The Automobile and the New Deal -- Arsenal of Democracy -- Peace Has its Problems -- The Broad highway -- Tail Fins and Compacts -- Metropolis on the Freeway -- Retrospect and Prospect -- Important Dates -- Suggested Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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| Subjects | Automobile industry and trade -- United States -- History.
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| LC Card Number | 65-24981 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: HD 9710 U52 R134 1965
CA-1903767: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 77519] |
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