Horse Trading in the Age of Cars: Men in the Marketplace

by Steven M. Gelber

Book Overview

The trading, selling, and buying of personal transport has changed little over the past one hundred years. Whether horse trading in the early twentieth century or car buying today, haggling over prices has been the common practice of buyers and sellers alike. Horse Trading in the Age of Cars offers a fascinating study of the process of buying an automobile in a historical and gendered context.

Steven M. Gelber convincingly demonstrates...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801889979
• ISBN13: 9780801889974
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"