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Stealing cars : technology and society from the Model T to the Gran Torino /
"As early as 1910 Americans recognized that cars were easy to steal and, once stolen, hard to find. A car was its own getaway vehicle, and cars looked much alike. Model styles and colors eventually changed, and so did the means of making a stolen car disappear. Though changing license plates an...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, MD :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2014]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "As early as 1910 Americans recognized that cars were easy to steal and, once stolen, hard to find. A car was its own getaway vehicle, and cars looked much alike. Model styles and colors eventually changed, and so did the means of making a stolen car disappear. Though changing license plates and serial numbers remain basic procedure, thieves have created highly sophisticated networks to disassemble stolen vehicles, distribute the parts, and/or ship the altered cars out of the country. Stealing cars naturally has become as technologically advanced as the cars themselves"--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (229 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781421412986 1421412985 |