Stealing cars : technology and society from the Model T to the Gran Torino / John A. Heitmann and Rebecca H. Morales.

Stealing cars : technology and society from the Model T to the Gran Torino /

"As early as 1910 Americans recognized that cars were easy to steal and, once stolen, hard to find. A car was its own getaway vehicle, and cars looked much alike. Model styles and colors eventually changed, and so did the means of making a stolen car disappear. Though changing license plates an...

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Main Authors: Heitmann, John Alfred (Author), Morales, Rebecca H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Automobile theft > United States > History.
Automobile theft > United States > Prevention.
Automobiles > Technological innovations.
Automobile thieves > United States.
Grand Theft Auto games > Social aspects.
Automobile theft > Mexican-American Border Region.
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