Contribution to Book
Automobiles and Auto Manufacturing
The Fifties in America
Document Type
Encyclopedia Entry
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Abstract
In several important respects the automobile and automobile manufacturing proved to be at the heart of North American life during the 1950s. The decade was one characterized as the age of tail fins and chrome, and the automobile was recognized as something far more than ordinary transportation.
Inclusive pages
81-84
ISBN/ISSN
9781587652028
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 2005, EBSCO
Publisher
Salem Press
Place of Publication
Pasadena, CA
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Disciplines
Citation Information
John Alfred Heitmann. "Automobiles and Auto Manufacturing" The Fifties in America Vol. 1 (2005) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john_heitmann/34/
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Citation information: Heitmann, John Alfred. “Automobiles and Auto Manufacturing,” in The Fifties in America. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2005. Used by permission of EBSCO Information Services, Ipswich, MA.