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Auto Mechanics: Technology and Expertise in Twentieth-Century America

Contributor(s): Borg, Kevin L (Author)

ISBN: 9780801894855

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

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Pub Date: May 20, 2010

Dewey: 338.47629287

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.80" H x 8.90" L x 5.90" W ( 0.85 lbs) 280 pages

Series: Studies in Industry and Society

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Description: In the history of the American auto mechanic, Borg finds the origins of a persistent anxiety that even today accompanies the prospect of taking one's car in for repair.

Brief description: Kevin L. Borg is an associate professor of history at James Madison University.

Review Quotes: This is an excellent work that has much to contribute to our understanding of the automobile, technology, and wider trends in American history.
--Amy Gangloff, Michigan Historical Review

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