Auto mechanics technology and expertise in twentieth-century America /

Main Author: Borg, Kevin L.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Series:Studies in industry and society
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10363205
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