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Full-Text Articles in Automotive Engineering
Automobiles And Auto Manufacturing, John Alfred Heitmann
Automobiles And Auto Manufacturing, John Alfred Heitmann
John A. Heitmann
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.
Rolls Royce Declares Bankruptcy, John Alfred Heitmann
Rolls Royce Declares Bankruptcy, John Alfred Heitmann
John A. Heitmann
Despite more than sixty years of engineering excellence, Rolls-Royce failed in its attempt to design and manufacture a radically new jet engine to meet contractual obligations with the Lockheed Corp. Consequently, both British and U.S. governments had to step in to avoid an unprecedented economic catastrophe.
Auto Racing, John Alfred Heitmann
Auto Racing, John Alfred Heitmann
John A. Heitmann
As a consequence of new sponsors, personalities, race tracks, and television exposure, automobile racing — and in particular NASCAR — reached unprecedented popularity during the 1990s. Indeed, NASCAR became a "way of life" for many Americans.
Drive-By Shootings, John Alfred Heitmann
Drive-By Shootings, John Alfred Heitmann
John A. Heitmann
Although often associated with Southern California and young gang behavior, the drive-by shooting became commonplace during the 1990s across America.
Review: 'Fighting Traffic: The Dawn Of The Motor Age In The American City', John Alfred Heitmann
Review: 'Fighting Traffic: The Dawn Of The Motor Age In The American City', John Alfred Heitmann
John A. Heitmann
During the early 1960s, as the Golden Age of the automobile in America began to wane, several commentators, including Lewis Mumford, raised the critical question of whether the automobile existed for the modern city or the city for the automobile. How and when the automobile became central to urban life is deftly addressed in Peter Norton’s Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City. This study is certainly one of the most important monographs focusing on the place of the automobile in American society within a historical context to appear in recent times; it interestingly supplements …
Review: 'Storied Independent Automakers: Nash, Hudson, And American Motors', John Alfred Heitmann
Review: 'Storied Independent Automakers: Nash, Hudson, And American Motors', John Alfred Heitmann
John A. Heitmann
Nash, Hudson, and now even American Motors are automobile brands that have largely disappeared from the American memory. Yet, despite riding the twentieth-century economic roller coaster and operating in the shadow of the Big Three, these firms made sustained, significant technological and economic contributions. Charles K. Hyde’s Storied Independent Automakers is the author’s latest foray into the area of automotive business history, following work on the Chrysler Corporation and the Dodge brothers. A professor of History at Wayne State University, Hyde has written a needed critical business history on an important topic that complements the vast amount of “buff” and …
Steam, Electricity & Gas : Historical Perspectives On What We Drive Today And Why, Michael Edward Flinton
Steam, Electricity & Gas : Historical Perspectives On What We Drive Today And Why, Michael Edward Flinton
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Review: 'Storied Independent Automakers: Nash, Hudson, And American Motors', John Alfred Heitmann
Review: 'Storied Independent Automakers: Nash, Hudson, And American Motors', John Alfred Heitmann
History Faculty Publications
Nash, Hudson, and now even American Motors are automobile brands that have largely disappeared from the American memory. Yet, despite riding the twentieth-century economic roller coaster and operating in the shadow of the Big Three, these firms made sustained, significant technological and economic contributions. Charles K. Hyde’s Storied Independent Automakers is the author’s latest foray into the area of automotive business history, following work on the Chrysler Corporation and the Dodge brothers. A professor of History at Wayne State University, Hyde has written a needed critical business history on an important topic that complements the vast amount of “buff” and …
Review: 'Fighting Traffic: The Dawn Of The Motor Age In The American City', John Alfred Heitmann
Review: 'Fighting Traffic: The Dawn Of The Motor Age In The American City', John Alfred Heitmann
History Faculty Publications
During the early 1960s, as the Golden Age of the automobile in America began to wane, several commentators, including Lewis Mumford, raised the critical question of whether the automobile existed for the modern city or the city for the automobile. How and when the automobile became central to urban life is deftly addressed in Peter Norton’s Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City. This study is certainly one of the most important monographs focusing on the place of the automobile in American society within a historical context to appear in recent times; it interestingly supplements …
Automobile Industry, John Alfred Heitmann
Automobile Industry, John Alfred Heitmann
History Faculty Publications
During the 1990s, the American automobile industry was transformed in terms of products, leadership strategies, organization, and technology. Increasingly, the American industry has evolved into part of a global web of manufacturers, parts suppliers, and consumers.
Drive-By Shootings, John Alfred Heitmann
Drive-By Shootings, John Alfred Heitmann
History Faculty Publications
Although often associated with Southern California and young gang behavior, the drive-by shooting became commonplace during the 1990s across America.
Auto Racing, John Alfred Heitmann
Auto Racing, John Alfred Heitmann
History Faculty Publications
As a consequence of new sponsors, personalities, race tracks, and television exposure, automobile racing — and in particular NASCAR — reached unprecedented popularity during the 1990s. Indeed, NASCAR became a "way of life" for many Americans.
Rolls Royce Declares Bankruptcy, John Alfred Heitmann
Rolls Royce Declares Bankruptcy, John Alfred Heitmann
History Faculty Publications
Despite more than sixty years of engineering excellence, Rolls-Royce failed in its attempt to design and manufacture a radically new jet engine to meet contractual obligations with the Lockheed Corp. Consequently, both British and U.S. governments had to step in to avoid an unprecedented economic catastrophe.
Automobiles And Auto Manufacturing, John Alfred Heitmann
Automobiles And Auto Manufacturing, John Alfred Heitmann
History Faculty Publications
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.