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Tinkering : consumers reinvent the early automobile

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"In the first decades of motor travel, between 1900 and 1940, Americans were buying automobiles in record numbers. Cars were becoming more easily affordable, not only for high-income families but for middle-class families as well. As they bought, they redesigned. By examining the ways Americans creatively adapted their automobiles, Tinkering takes a fresh look at automotive design from the bottom up, as a process that included manufacturers, engineers, designers, advice experts, and consumers, from savvy buyers to grass-roots inventors."--Jacket.

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Introduction: Automobiles in the Machine Age -- What consumers wanted -- Women's Ingenuity -- Consumers become inventors -- A tinkerer's story -- The automotive industry takes the stage.

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