The Automobile in American History and Culture
The Automobile in American History and Culture

Author: Michael L. Berger

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2001-07-30

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 0313016062

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This comprehensive reference guide reviews the literature concerning the impact of the automobile on American social, economic, and political history. Covering the complete history of the automobile to date, twelve chapters of bibliographic essays describe the important works in a series of related topics and provide broad thematic contexts. This work includes general histories of the automobile, the industry it spawned and labor-management relations, as well as biographies of famous automotive personalities. Focusing on books concerned with various social aspects, chapters discuss such issues as the car's influence on family life, youth, women, the elderly, minorities, literature, and leisure and recreation. Berger has also included works that investigate the government's role in aiding and regulating the automobile, with sections on roads and highways, safety, and pollution. The guide concludes with an overview of reference works and periodicals in the field and a description of selected research collections. The Automobile in American History and Culture provides a resource with which to examine the entire field and its structure. Popular culture scholars and enthusiasts involved in automotive research will appreciate the extensive scope of this reference. Cross-referenced throughout, it will serve as a valuable research tool.

The Race Car Chassis HP1540
The Race Car Chassis HP1540

Author: Forbes Aird

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008-09-02

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1440637938

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This invaluable handbook on the structural design and science behind the race car chassis includes sections on materials and structures, structural loads, a brief overview of suspension and chassis design, multi-tube and space frame chassis, joining ferrous metals, stressed skin construction, and joining light alloys.

Long Lane With Turnings
Long Lane With Turnings

Author: L.J.K. Setright

Publisher: Granta Books

Published: 2014-03-06

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1783780606

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Leonard Setright was one of the twentieth century's most influential, opinionated and idiosyncratic motoring journalists; described as 'more Isaiah Berlin than Jeremy Clarkson', everything he wrote was inspired by his knowledge of and passion for all things automotive. Long Lane with Turnings is a dryly witty memoir of his early years and the author's last book, left unfinished at the time of his death in the summer of 2005. We encounter Setright as a child standing behind his father's driving seat in family Wolseley, enjoining him to 'Go fast!' and taking an early delight in machines of all sorts, from the camera-like precision of the Setright ticket machine for bus conductors (manufactured by his father's firm) to his first bicycle. We also see him developing that independence of mind which so characterized his writing as a critic: readers will savour his pitch-perfect descriptions of many of the cars that he drove, be it the Mini ('a very convincing little brick'), a Renault 4 ('swaying like a sailing dinghy in corners') or his beloved Bristols. The portrait of the writer which emerges from these pages is marvellously detailed, quirky and full of warmth.

Classic Grand Prix Cars
Classic Grand Prix Cars

Author: Karl Ludvigsen

Publisher: Haynes Publications

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9781844253180

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Karl Ludvigsen's highly illustrated history of front-engined Formula 1 cars celebrates the engineering brilliance of their designs and recaptures the spirit of the golden age of Grand Prix racing. Previous ed.: Stroud: Sutton, 2000.

1 1/2-litre Grand Prix Racing 1961-1965
1 1/2-litre Grand Prix Racing 1961-1965

Author: Mark Whitelock

Publisher: David and Charles

Published: 2019-09-13

Total Pages: 1517

ISBN-13: 178711614X

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The story of a Grand Prix formula largely overlooked due to the perception that the cars were underpowered and hence unspectacular. This perception ignores the significant technical developments that took place, the domination achieved by British race-car constructors and the rise of British drivers Jim Clark, Graham Hill and John Surtees.

Ferrari Grand Prix Moments
Ferrari Grand Prix Moments

Author: Jesse Alexander

Publisher: David Bull Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781893618848

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Including images from far-flung and disused venues such as Casablanca, Syracuse, and Rouen, this title presents Ferrari himself supervising testing at Maranello, race cars being assembled next to road cars, and the interplay among drivers.

Classic Grand Prix Cars
Classic Grand Prix Cars

Author: Karl Ludvigsen

Publisher: Sutton Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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An illustrated history of the development of front-engined racing Formula 1 cars. The author builds from the technical evolution of the cars, era by era. He accompanies this with insights into the rise and fall of the famous manufacturers whose creations were the ultimate expression of the motoring know-how of their day. Ludvigsen takes the reader from the early days of the Formula 1 Grand Prix car through to the 1950s, giving a glimpse at drivers, managers and engineers who contributed to the classic era of Grand Prix racing.