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The Resource Car crazy : the battle for supremacy between Ford and Olds and the dawn of the automobile age, G. Wayne Miller

Car crazy : the battle for supremacy between Ford and Olds and the dawn of the automobile age, G. Wayne Miller

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Edition
First edition.
Extent
xv, 350 pages
Note
"[Miller] takes readers back to the passionate and reckless years of the early automobile era, from 1893, when the first U.S.-built auto was introduced, through 1908, when General Motors was founded and Ford's Model T went on the market. The motorcar was new, paved roads few, and devotees of this exciting and unregulated technology battled with citizens who considered the car a dangerous scourge, wrought by the wealthy, that was shattering a more peaceful way of life. Among the pioneering competitors were Ransom E. Olds, founder of Olds Motor Works and creator of a new company called REO; Olds' cutthroat new CEO Frederic L. Smith; William C. 'Billy' Durant of Buick Motor Company (and soon General Motors); and inventor Henry Ford. They shared a passion for innovation, both mechanical and entrepreneurial, but their maniacal pursuit of market share would also involve legal manipulation, vicious smear campaigns, and zany publicity stunts--including a wild transcontinental car race that transfixed the public"--From publisher description
Isbn
9781610395519
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Car crazy : the battle for supremacy between Ford and Olds and the dawn of the automobile age
Title
Car crazy
Title remainder
the battle for supremacy between Ford and Olds and the dawn of the automobile age
Statement of responsibility
G. Wayne Miller
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Author
Subject
Language
eng
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Miller, G. Wayne
Dewey number
338.4/7629222097309041
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
TL215.F7
LC item number
M53 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Ford, Henry
  • Olds, Ransom Eli
  • Ford Motor Company
  • General Motors Corporation
  • Ford Model T automobile
  • Oldsmobile automobile
  • Automobile industry and trade
  • Automobile industry and trade
Target audience
adult
Label
Car crazy : the battle for supremacy between Ford and Olds and the dawn of the automobile age, G. Wayne Miller
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"[Miller] takes readers back to the passionate and reckless years of the early automobile era, from 1893, when the first U.S.-built auto was introduced, through 1908, when General Motors was founded and Ford's Model T went on the market. The motorcar was new, paved roads few, and devotees of this exciting and unregulated technology battled with citizens who considered the car a dangerous scourge, wrought by the wealthy, that was shattering a more peaceful way of life. Among the pioneering competitors were Ransom E. Olds, founder of Olds Motor Works and creator of a new company called REO; Olds' cutthroat new CEO Frederic L. Smith; William C. 'Billy' Durant of Buick Motor Company (and soon General Motors); and inventor Henry Ford. They shared a passion for innovation, both mechanical and entrepreneurial, but their maniacal pursuit of market share would also involve legal manipulation, vicious smear campaigns, and zany publicity stunts--including a wild transcontinental car race that transfixed the public"--From publisher description
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-337) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xv, 350 pages
Isbn
9781610395519
Lccn
2015024477
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn912507759
  • (Sirsi) o912507759
  • (OCoLC)912507759
Label
Car crazy : the battle for supremacy between Ford and Olds and the dawn of the automobile age, G. Wayne Miller
Publication
Copyright
Note
"[Miller] takes readers back to the passionate and reckless years of the early automobile era, from 1893, when the first U.S.-built auto was introduced, through 1908, when General Motors was founded and Ford's Model T went on the market. The motorcar was new, paved roads few, and devotees of this exciting and unregulated technology battled with citizens who considered the car a dangerous scourge, wrought by the wealthy, that was shattering a more peaceful way of life. Among the pioneering competitors were Ransom E. Olds, founder of Olds Motor Works and creator of a new company called REO; Olds' cutthroat new CEO Frederic L. Smith; William C. 'Billy' Durant of Buick Motor Company (and soon General Motors); and inventor Henry Ford. They shared a passion for innovation, both mechanical and entrepreneurial, but their maniacal pursuit of market share would also involve legal manipulation, vicious smear campaigns, and zany publicity stunts--including a wild transcontinental car race that transfixed the public"--From publisher description
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-337) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xv, 350 pages
Isbn
9781610395519
Lccn
2015024477
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn912507759
  • (Sirsi) o912507759
  • (OCoLC)912507759

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