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The Resource Fins : Harley Earl, the rise of General Motors, and the glory days of Detroit, William Knoedelseder

Fins : Harley Earl, the rise of General Motors, and the glory days of Detroit, William Knoedelseder

Label
Fins : Harley Earl, the rise of General Motors, and the glory days of Detroit
Title
Fins
Title remainder
Harley Earl, the rise of General Motors, and the glory days of Detroit
Statement of responsibility
William Knoedelseder
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Chronicles the rise of the American auto industry through the life of Harley Earl, an innovator who introduced the art of automobile styling into the auto-making industry, revolutionizing the way cars were made and marketed
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1947-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Knoedelseder, William
Dewey number
  • 629.2092
  • B
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Earl, Harley
  • General Motors Corporation
  • Automobile engineers
  • Automobile industry and trade
  • Detroit (Mich.)
Label
Fins : Harley Earl, the rise of General Motors, and the glory days of Detroit, William Knoedelseder
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Pioneers -- Hollywood and Harley -- The competitors -- The Cadillac Kid -- Battleground Detroit -- Assembly lines to bread lines -- A man of style and "statue" -- "What will I tell Mr. Sloan?" -- Helping make Germany great again -- "I wouldn't buy that sonofabitch" -- Detroit's war -- The birth of fins -- Designing the future -- The great American sports car race -- The hot one -- Glory days -- Insurrection -- Not fade away
Control code
on1031053849
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
308 pages
Isbn
9780062289070
Lccn
2018014672
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Label
Fins : Harley Earl, the rise of General Motors, and the glory days of Detroit, William Knoedelseder
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Pioneers -- Hollywood and Harley -- The competitors -- The Cadillac Kid -- Battleground Detroit -- Assembly lines to bread lines -- A man of style and "statue" -- "What will I tell Mr. Sloan?" -- Helping make Germany great again -- "I wouldn't buy that sonofabitch" -- Detroit's war -- The birth of fins -- Designing the future -- The great American sports car race -- The hot one -- Glory days -- Insurrection -- Not fade away
Control code
on1031053849
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
308 pages
Isbn
9780062289070
Lccn
2018014672
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations

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