automobile industry and trade

Describes the origins of the auto industry, looks at the individuals who have shaped it, and analyzes the industry's problems with foreign competition from Europe and Japan.

Biography of the engineer and industrialist whose pioneering company showed the world how to build and mass-produce reliable, inexpensive automobiles.

A biography of the man remembered as "father of assembly-line production" and as an innovator in labor practices.

Discusses the role and cultural influence of the automobile, from its inception through the twenty-first century, covering topics such as the development of roads; religion, gender, courtship, and sex issues; the Great Depression; and its representation in film, song, poetry, and literature.

Relates the story of Henry Ford, his son Edsel, his grandson Henry II, and describes others who were influential in the automobile company and in the family dynasty.

Explores the life of Henry Ford and the technological inventions that changed America during his lifetime, not least of which is his own Model T.

An autobiography of Henry J. Ford in which he discusses his life and career, and describes the principles by which he conducts both.