Story of the Automobile
Author | : Herbert Lee Barber |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Automobiles |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Herbert Lee Barber |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Automobiles |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Charles Robert Gibson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Automobiles |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Steven Parissien |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 447 |
Release | : 2014-05-13 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1466836237 |
The Life of the Automobile is the first comprehensive world history of the car. The automobile has arguably shaped the modern era more profoundly than any other human invention, and author Steven Parissien examines the impact, development, and significance of the automobile over its turbulent and colorful 130-year history. Readers learn the grand and turbulent history of the motor car, from its earliest appearance in the 1880s—as little more than a powered quadricycle—and the innovations of the early pioneer carmakers. The author examines the advances of the interwar era, the Golden Age of the 1950s, and the iconic years of the 1960s to the decades of doubt and uncertainty following the oil crisis of 1973, the global mergers of the 1990s, the bailouts of the early twenty-first century, and the emergence of the electric car. This is not just a story of horsepower and performance but a tale of extraordinary people: of intuitive carmakers such as Karl Benz, Sir Henry Royce, Giovanni Agnelli (Fiat), André Citroën, and Louis Renault; of exceptionally gifted designers such as the eccentric, Ohio-born Chris Bangle (BMW); and of visionary industrialists such as Henry Ford, Ferdinand Porsche (the Volkswagen Beetle), and Gene Bordinat (the Ford Mustang), among numerous other game changers. Above all, this comprehensive history demonstrates how the epic story of the car mirrors the history of the modern era, from the brave hopes and soaring ambitions of the early twentieth century to the cynicism and ecological concerns of a century later. Bringing to life the flamboyant entrepreneurs, shrewd businessmen, and gifted engineers that worked behind the scenes to bring us horsepower and performance, The Life of the Automobile is a globe-spanning account of the auto industry that is sure to rev the engines of entrepreneurs and gearheads alike.
Author | : Charles Robert Gibson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Charles Robert Gibson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : |
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Author | : Frederick Arthur Talbot |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Automobiles |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Herbert Lee Barber |
Publisher | : Edizioni Savine |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 2015-10-09 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 8896365686 |
“ So far as I know, there is no book in circulation that tells, in concise form, the story of the mechanical and commercial evolution of the automobile, mirrors its sudden leap into popular use, and shows how it has demonstrated, in a most amazing way, the power of money to make money, describes its benefits to the world, and forecasts the future possibilities of the automobile industry as an investment. This book, the "Story of the Automobile," shows the struggle of man for one hundred and fifty years to devise a means of propelling a vehicle without animal power. It describes the various stages of the evolution of the idea of motive force other than animal power, in France, England, Germany and the United States, and its triumphant culmination in a successful horseless vehicle. And it makes clear how, when the automobile became of practical use, its successful commercialization became most profitable in the shortest period of time of that of any product of man's ingenuity supplying an article to meet human wants.” H. L. BARBER. Wheaton, Ill., April 2,1917.
Author | : H. L. Barber |
Publisher | : Scholars Book Shelf |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9781601050830 |
2006 Scholar's Bookshelf reprint edition. First published in 1917, just as the automobile was taking "its sudden leap into popular use," this was the first publication to trace its mechanical and commercial evolution from the first horseless vehicle on to steam and electric vehicles and their replacement by the gasoline car. The work includes interesting, important, and unique chapters on how the standardized automobile brought the United states to supremacy in the industry, the industry as an investment, and the benefits conferred by the automobile, including "increases social amenities," "emancipates woman from drudgery of domesticity," "uproots bigotry and removes prejudice," and other good things. Also includes a report on the industry in 1917, and prices of contemporary vehicles.
Author | : James Rood Doolittle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 952 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Automobile industry and trade |
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Author | : P. S. Tregidgo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Automobiles |
ISBN | : 9780582586345 |