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Automobiles And Auto Manufacturing, John Alfred Heitmann Jan 2005

Automobiles And Auto Manufacturing, John Alfred Heitmann

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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.