Auto Mechanics: Technology and Expertise in Twentieth-Century America

by Kevin L. Borg

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801894859
• ISBN13: 9780801894855
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"