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Document Type

Encyclopedia Entry

Publication Date

2005

Publication Source

The Fifties in America

Abstract

In several important respects the automobile and automobile manufacturing proved to be at the heart of North American life during the 1950s. The decade was one characterized as the age of tail fins and chrome, and the automobile was recognized as something far more than ordinary transportation.

Inclusive pages

81-84

ISBN/ISSN

9781587652028

Document Version

Published Version

Comments

This document is provided for download by permission of the publisher. Permission documentation is on file.

Citation information: Heitmann, John Alfred. “Automobiles and Auto Manufacturing,” in The Fifties in America. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2005. Used by permission of EBSCO Information Services, Ipswich, MA.

Publisher

Salem Press

Volume

1

Place of Publication

Pasadena, CA

Peer Reviewed

yes


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