Auto mechanics : technology and expertise in twentieth-century America /

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"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 twentieth. Drawing from a diverse body of source material, Borg explores how the mechanic's occupation formed...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Borg, Kevin L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Colección:Studies in industry and society.
Temas:
Automobile repair shops > United States.
Automobile industry and trade > Social aspects > United States.
Automobile mechanics > United States.
Automobiles > United States > Maintenance and repair.
Garages (Entreprises) > États-Unis.
Automobiles > Industrie et commerce > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Mécaniciens d'automobiles > États-Unis.
Automobiles > États-Unis > Entretien et réparations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Service.
Automobile industry and trade > Social aspects.
Automobile mechanics.
Automobile repair shops.
Automobiles > Maintenance and repair.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The problem with chauffeur-mechanics
  • Ad hoc mechanics
  • Creating new mechanics
  • The automobile in public education
  • Tinkering with sociotechnical hierarchies
  • Suburban paradox : maintaining automobility in the postwar decades
  • "Check engine" : technology of distrust.

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