The 1996 Automotive History Conference: The American Automobile Industry: Past, Present, Future. Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan
Editor’s Notes
Henry Ford and the 20th Century, by David L. Lewis, 4
Henry Ford, Charles Kettering and the “Fuel of the Future, by Bill Kovarik, Ph. D., 7
Made in Dixie But… The Anderson Motor Co. and the Problems of Financing and Acceptance of a Southern Made Automobile, by Craig S. Pascoe, 28
The Psychotechnologist & the Good Driver: Granting Admission to Road Society, by Daniel M. Albert, 38
Unionization Efforts at NASCAR, by Harry Carpenter III, 43
Abstract: The Automobile in the American Imagination, by Wesley Swanson, 49
Abstract: Recasting the Machine Age: Henry Ford’s Village Industries and the Vision of Decentralized Technology for Modern America, by Howard P. Segal, 50
Abstract: The Failure of Fordism: Ford and the Reform of the Automobile Repair Industry 1913-1940, by Stephen L. Mclntire, 50
Abstract: The Role of the Small Manufacturer in the American Motor Car Industry, by Sinclair Powell, 51
Abstract: Medium Priced Automobile Producers: Technological Change and Consolidation, 1928-1941, by Robert R. Ebert, 52
Abstract: The Hybrid Cars of the 50’s and their Influence on the American Automotive Industry, by Paul Sable, 53
Abstract: The Arsenal of Democracy: America’s Auto Industry at War, by Thomas L. Brownell, 53
Abstract: Nippon Ford, by J. Scott Mathews, 55
Abstract: Global Reach: The Diffusion of American Power and Influence in the World Automotive Industry 1896-1946, by Gerald T. Bloomfield, 56
Abstract: Employee Empowerment at Delphi Packard Electric: Successful Union Management Cooperation, by John A. Marino, 56
Abstract: A History of Automotive Electrics as Seen Through Wiring Diagrams, by M.D. FACS, 58
Abstract: The Development of GM’s Chairmen: The Extraordinary Role and Impact of the New York Treasurer’s Office 1919-1996, by William P. Mackinnon, 59
Abstract: The First Century of the Automobile as Seen in Showroom Sales Literature, by Torrey H. Brinkley, 61
Abstract: Early Automobile Manufacturing in London, Ontario, by Douglas Leighton, 62
Abstract: “Millions of People are Wealthy”: The Automobile Industry as Contested Symbol of American Progress, by Amy Bix, 62
Abstract: The Evolution of the American Automobile, by Richard P. Scharchburg, 48
Abstract: Doughboys and Grease Monkeys: American Soldiers Learn to Repair the Motor Truck 1916-1918, by Kevin Borg, 54
Abstract: The Impact of American Manufacturers in Britain on the Decline of Indigenous Manufacturing, by Thomas G. Velek, 57
Abstract: From the “Rapid Conveyance” to the “Studebaker Salesman”: Commercial Advertising and the Commerce of Democracy, by C.T. Walters and T.N. Walters, 60
Front Cover: Henry Fords Ford I and II, on steps of the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, 1944
1896 Henry Ford with his 1896 Quadricycle in 1933.