1950s American automobile culture
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 133 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5094-1061-1
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 1950s American automobile culture has had an enduring influence on the culture of the United States, as reflected in popular music and mainstream acceptance of the "hot rod" culture. The American manufacturing economy switched from producing war-related items to consumer goods at the end of World War II, and by the end of the 1950s one in six working Americans were employed either directly or indirectly in the automotive industry. The United States became the world's largest manufacturer of automobiles, and Henry Ford's goal of 40 years earlier—that any man with a good job should be able to afford an automobile—was achieved. A new generation of service businesses focusing on customers and their automobiles sprang up during the decade. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде Интернет в целом, и в информационном сетевом ресурсе "Википедия" в частности. Собранная по частотным запросам...