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Technology and Expertise in Twentieth-Century America
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Description

The history of automobiles is not just the story of invention, manufacturing, and marketing; it is also a story of repair. Auto Mechanics opens the repair shop to historical study-for the first time-by tracing the emergence of a dirty, difficult, and important profession. 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 and evolved within the context of broad American fault lines of class, race, and gender and how vocational education entwined these tensions around the mechanic's unique expertise. He further shows how aspects of the consumer rights and environmental movements, as well as the design of automotive electronics, reflected and challenged the social identity and expertise of the mechanic. In the history of the American auto mechanic, Borg finds the origins of a persistent anxiety that even today accompanies the prospect of taking one's car in for repair.

Author Biography:

Kevin L. Borg is an associate professor of history at James Madison University.
Release date NZ
July 26th, 2010
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Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
32 Halftones, black and white
Pages
280
Dimensions
152x229x17
ISBN-13
9780801894855
Product ID
4190226

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