The American Automobile, A Brief History

by John Bell Rae

James B. Rae's is the first complete, authoritative treatment of the whole span of the automobile industry, which has given modern American society its pace and direction and stimulated an amazing number of related industrial and social changes. (from the dust jacket)

265 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1965

Reviews

[John E · Rating 3 out of 5]

An informal history of the automobile industry up through the early 1960s. Good background for a complete study of the industry. Rae was not a very good prognosticator since almost none of his trends actually came to be, but then he was a historian not a futurist. Enjoyable read, but really is a history of the industry and not of the automobile itself.