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Used book, only one copy available.
Princeton, N.J. : Automobile Quarterly Publications, ©1983.
223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 27 cm
Language : English
ISBN : 0915038412, 9780915038411
Cover title: GM, the first 75 years of transportation products.
"Produced under the auspices of General Motors Corporation in observance of its 75th anniversary by the editors of Automobile quarterly magazine in association with the Princeton Institute for Historic Research"--Title page verso.
Contents: 1772-1895 : The American automobile -- 1897-1919 : The beginnings of GM. Oldsmobile ; Buick ; Cadillac ; Dewar trophy ; Oakland ; GMC Truck & Coach ; Chevrolet ; World War I -- 1920-1929 : The early years of GM. Buses ; Pontiac ; La Salle ; Opel -- 1930-1939 : Depression and recovery. Vauxhall ; Greyhound ; Locomotives ; Parade of progress ; Opel expands -- 1940-1949 : The war interrupts. World War II ; GM-Holden's -- 1950-1959 : Styling sets the pace. Corvette ; Motoramas, showcars, and experimentals -- 1960-1969 : Marketing of performance -- 1970-1979 : The years of transition -- 1980-1984 : Challenge of the future. Building on 75 years of excellence.
Summary" ...this book present[s] a seventy-five year history of General Motors Corporation, as shown through the nostalgic and colorful prism of the past. A pictorial approach has been chosen to exemplify some of GM's most significant and memorable automobiles, trucks, buses and trains--transportation that is so closely entwined with the history of America and that of the world. Above all this anniversary book is a tribute to three quarters of a century of uncontested leadership in transportation and technology."--from the introduction
Used book, only one copy available.
Princeton, N.J. : Automobile Quarterly Publications, ©1983.
223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 27 cm
Language : English
ISBN : 0915038412, 9780915038411
Cover title: GM, the first 75 years of transportation products.
"Produced under the auspices of General Motors Corporation in observance of its 75th anniversary by the editors of Automobile quarterly magazine in association with the Princeton Institute for Historic Research"--Title page verso.
Contents: 1772-1895 : The American automobile -- 1897-1919 : The beginnings of GM. Oldsmobile ; Buick ; Cadillac ; Dewar trophy ; Oakland ; GMC Truck & Coach ; Chevrolet ; World War I -- 1920-1929 : The early years of GM. Buses ; Pontiac ; La Salle ; Opel -- 1930-1939 : Depression and recovery. Vauxhall ; Greyhound ; Locomotives ; Parade of progress ; Opel expands -- 1940-1949 : The war interrupts. World War II ; GM-Holden's -- 1950-1959 : Styling sets the pace. Corvette ; Motoramas, showcars, and experimentals -- 1960-1969 : Marketing of performance -- 1970-1979 : The years of transition -- 1980-1984 : Challenge of the future. Building on 75 years of excellence.
Summary" ...this book present[s] a seventy-five year history of General Motors Corporation, as shown through the nostalgic and colorful prism of the past. A pictorial approach has been chosen to exemplify some of GM's most significant and memorable automobiles, trucks, buses and trains--transportation that is so closely entwined with the history of America and that of the world. Above all this anniversary book is a tribute to three quarters of a century of uncontested leadership in transportation and technology."--from the introduction