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1. Henry Ford From Popular Inventor to Legend

Guillermo Giucci

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The Cultural Life of the Automobile

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
1. Henry Ford From Popular Inventor to Legend 1
2. Fordism and Cultural Circulation 20
3. The Transnational Object 51
4. Contradictions of Mobility 107
5. Mechanical Actors 141
Final Remarks Kinetic Modernity and the Automobile 189
Notes 195
Bibliography 209
Illustration Credits 223
Index 225

https://doi.org/10.7560/728721-003

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
1. Henry Ford From Popular Inventor to Legend 1
2. Fordism and Cultural Circulation 20
3. The Transnational Object 51
4. Contradictions of Mobility 107
5. Mechanical Actors 141
Final Remarks Kinetic Modernity and the Automobile 189
Notes 195
Bibliography 209
Illustration Credits 223
Index 225

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