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Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars Paperback - 2013
by Paul Ingrassia
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From the assembly lines of Henry Ford to the open roads of Route 66, America’s history is a vehicular history–an idea brought brilliantly to life in this major work by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Paul Ingrassia.
Engines of Change is a wondrous epic in fifteen automobiles, including the Corvette, the Beetle, and the Chevy Corvair, as well as the personalities and tales behind them: Robert McNamara’s unlikely role in Lee Iacocca’s Mustang, Henry Ford’s Model T, as well as Honda’s Accord, the BMW 3 Series, and the Jeep, among others. Through these cars and these characters, Ingrassia shows how the car has expressed the particularly American tension between the lure of freedom and the obligations of utility. Narrative history of the highest caliber, Engines of Change is an entirely edifying new way to look at the American story.
Engines of Change is a wondrous epic in fifteen automobiles, including the Corvette, the Beetle, and the Chevy Corvair, as well as the personalities and tales behind them: Robert McNamara’s unlikely role in Lee Iacocca’s Mustang, Henry Ford’s Model T, as well as Honda’s Accord, the BMW 3 Series, and the Jeep, among others. Through these cars and these characters, Ingrassia shows how the car has expressed the particularly American tension between the lure of freedom and the obligations of utility. Narrative history of the highest caliber, Engines of Change is an entirely edifying new way to look at the American story.
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- Title Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars
- Author Paul Ingrassia
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster, NY
- Date 2013-05-14
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781451640649 / 1451640641
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.2 in (21.08 x 13.97 x 3.05 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Automobiles - Social aspects - United States, Automobiles - United States - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012002303
- Dewey Decimal Code 629.222
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