Stealing cars : technology and society from the Model T to the Gran Torino /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Heitmann, John Alfred (Author), Morales, Rebecca H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Automobile theft > United States > History.
Automobile theft > United States > Prevention.
Automobiles > Technological innovations.
Automobile thieves > United States.
Grand Theft Auto games > Social aspects.
Automobile theft > Mexican-American Border Region.
Vol d'automobiles > États-Unis > Histoire.
Automobiles > Innovations.
Voleurs de voitures > États-Unis.
Jeux vidéo Grand Theft Auto > Aspect social.
Vol d'automobiles > Région frontalière mexicano-américaine.
Automobile theft
Automobile theft > Prevention
Automobile thieves
Automobiles > Technological innovations
North America > Mexican-American Border Region
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Park at your own risk
  • "Stop, thief!"
  • Juvenile delinquents, hardened criminals, and ineffectual technological solutions
  • From the personal garage to the surveillance society
  • Car theft in the electronic and digital age
  • Mexico, the U.S., and international auto theft
  • The recent past
  • Conclusion stealing the American dream
  • Appendix A: Various U.S. automobile theft crime reports and surveys, 1924-2010
  • Appendix B: Tables.

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