{"product_id":"hmf041","title":"American Automobile Manufacturers: The First Forty Years","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn academic history of the American automobile industry through its first four decades, by John B. Rae of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, covering the founders of the industry, the Selden patent dispute, the rise of mass production, and the careers of Ford, Durant, Sloan, Chrysler and Nash. Published by Chilton in 1959, it remains a standard scholarly reference on the early American motor industry. This copy retains its original dust jacket, which depicts portrait photographs of Ford, Sloan, Chrysler, Durant and Nash alongside a period vehicle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rae, John B.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chilton Company — Book Division\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlace:\u003c\/strong\u003e Philadelphia and New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1959\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e [edition not stated on title page; first and only edition per research]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical:\u003c\/strong\u003e 22 x 15cm approx., 223pp, original cloth, illustrated with b\u0026amp;w photographs, dust jacket present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Fletcher Motoring Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57472359170392,"sku":"HMF041","price":16.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0995\/0668\/4248\/files\/IMG_6826.jpg?v=1780999768","url":"https:\/\/fletchermotoringbooks.co.uk\/products\/hmf041","provider":"Fletcher Motoring Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}