A Brief History of
The First 100 Years of the Automobile Industry
in the United States
Table of Contents
- • Chapter 1. A century whittles auto makers to 3
- • Chapter 2. American auto industry is born amid the snow of the great Chicago race
- • Chapter 3. How Detroit became the Motor City
- • Chapter 4. A homespun genius and an empire builder
- • Chapter 5. Chrysler leaves GM and makes it the Big Three
- • Chapter 6. Mr. Sloan, Harley Earl and dynamic obsolescence
- • Chapter 7. `Looney gas' survives and changes engine
- • Chapter 8. Hard times slim industry, Detroit starts selling dreams
- • Chapter 9. UAW born amid sitdowns and the battle of the overpass
- • Chapter 10. War halts car production and changes U.S. forever
- • Chapter 11. The Golden Age: Tailfins and dreams of glory
- • Chapter 12. Insolent chariots unsafe at any speed
- • Chapter 13. Dinosaur slayer falters; car guys vs. money men
- • Chapter 14. After the muscle cars, the world comes to an end
- • Chapter 15. Saviors of the industry: More dreams of glory
- • Chapter 16. Japan's sun rising as new world becomes one
- • Chapter 17. Grandpa's world is gone, changed beyond recall
- • Chapter 20. Grandpa's world is gone, changed beyond recall
Copyright 1996, Richard A. Wright
Published by Wayne State University's Department of Communications