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Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Motor Vehicle Diagnostic Analysis Technology, 1971-85
Author: A Destiny of Choice?
Author: David BlankePublisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739172204
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
In the twentieth century, Americans thought of the United States as a land of opportunity and equality. To what extent and for whom this was true was, of course, a matter of debate, however especially during the Cold War, many Americans clung to the patriotic conviction that America was the land of the free. At the same time, another national ideal emerged that was far less contentious, that arguably came to subsume the ideals of freedom, opportunity, and equality, and that eventually embodied an unspoken consensus about what constitutes the good society in a postmodern setting. This was the ideal of choice, broadly understood as the proposition that the good society provides individuals with the power to shape the contours of their lives in ways that suit their personal interests, idiosyncrasies, and tastes. By the closing decades of the century, Americans were widely agreed that theirs was—or at least should be—the land of choice. In A Destiny of Choice?, David Blanke and David Steigerwald bring together important scholarship on the tension between two leading interpretations of modern American consumer culture. That modern consumerism reflects the social, cultural, economic, and political changes that accompanied the country’s transition from a local, producer economy dominated by limited choices and restricted credit to a national consumer marketplace based on the individual selection of mass-produced, mass-advertised, and mass-distributed goods. This debate is central to the economic difficulties seen in the United States today.
Standardization of Automotive Diagnostic Systems
Author: Auto Mechanics
Author: Kevin L. BorgPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801893267
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The history of automobiles is not just the story of invention, manufacturing, and marketing; it is also a story of repair. Auto Mechanics opens the repair shop to historical study—for the first time—by tracing the emergence of a dirty, difficult, and important profession. Kevin L. Borg's study spans a century of automotive technology—from the horseless carriage of the late nineteenth century to the "check engine" light of the late twentieth. Drawing from a diverse body of source material, Borg explores how the mechanic’s occupation formed and evolved within the context of broad American fault lines of class, race, and gender and how vocational education entwined these tensions around the mechanic’s unique expertise. He further shows how aspects of the consumer rights and environmental movements, as well as the design of automotive electronics, reflected and challenged the social identity and expertise of the mechanic. In the history of the American auto mechanic, Borg finds the origins of a persistent anxiety that even today accompanies the prospect of taking one's car in for repair.
Motor Vehicle Emissions
Author: United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Technical Reference DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Proceedings - International Congress on Automotive Safety
Author: National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Authorization Act of 1972, Hearing Before ..., 92-2, June 13, 1972
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Authorization Act of 1972
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motor vehicles
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Automobile Property Damage and Consumer Information Program
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce and FinancePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motor vehicles
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
Book Description
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
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Category : Interstate commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 1590
Book Description