Machines of Youth
America’s Car Obsession
- Contents
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2 Customizing and Souping-Up in the 1930s and 40s
3 Hot Rod Wars: Youth, Their Elders, and Defining Maturity on the Road
4 Cruising and Parking: The Peer Culture of Teen Automobility, 1950–70
5 Greasers and Their Rods: Two Generations of Exclusion and Pride
6 Low, Slow, and Latino
7 Last Stand of the Cruiser
8 The Slow and Nostalgic versus the Fast and the Furious
9 The End of Youth Car Culture?
Notes
Index
“Impressive and thorough. Cross has dug up some great factual stories. Machines of Youth is by far the most comprehensive history of our hobby anyone has ever done.”
History: American History | History of Technology
Sociology: General Sociology
Travel and Tourism: Tourism and History
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