Auto Mechanics: Technology and Expertise in Twentieth-Century America (Studies in Industry and Society)
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (926 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801886066 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Corn Technology and Culture)A wonderfully insightful study of the emergence and evolution of a contingent occupation and the meaning that that position had on both the people who did the work and those who procured the workers' services. (John Lypen Motor Magazine)Borg's own work in the repair shop infuses the study with insights that I am sure would escape anyone without the experience he has had His questions are anything but academic. (Walter L. (Lisa M. Elden IEEE Technology and Society Magazine)Kevin Borg's Auto Mechanics is a finely researched, rich social history. (Neil Gladstein, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) . Castillo Enterprise and Society)Borg’s Auto Mechanics will strongly appeal not only to tho
Drawing from a diverse body of source material, Borg explores how the mechanic’s occupation formed and evolved within the context of broad American fault lines of class, race, and gender and how vocational education entwined these tensions around the mechanic’s unique expertise. He further shows how aspects of the consumer rights and environmental movements, as well as the design of automotive electronics, reflected and challenged the social identity and expertise of the mechanic.In the history of the American auto mechanic, Borg finds the origins of a persistent anxiety that even today accompanies the prospect of taking one's car in for repair.. Borg's study spans a century of automotive technologyfrom the horseless carriage of the late nineteenth century to the "check engine" light of the late twentieth. Auto Mechanics opens the repair shop to historical studyfor the first timeby tracing the emergence of a dirty, difficult, and important profession.Kevin L. The history of automobiles is not just the story of invention, manufacturing, and marketing; it is also a story of repair
Borg is an associate professor of history at James Madison University.. Kevin L
Unique book for the automotive history guy or gal DHinMN I highly recommend this book! I couldn't put it down. I manage a small group of computer techs and I tell you I got alot of great customer service information out of this book that I never expected. Just really glad that the author decided to write this. There is a core group of us c