Author: Kevin L. Borg
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801893267
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The history of automobiles is not just the story of invention, manufacturing, and marketing; it is also a story of repair. Auto Mechanics opens the repair shop to historical study—for the first time—by tracing the emergence of a dirty, difficult, and important profession. Kevin L. Borg's study spans a century of automotive technology—from the horseless carriage of the late nineteenth century to the "check engine" light of the late twentieth. Drawing from a diverse body of source material, Borg explores how the mechanic’s occupation formed and evolved within the context of broad American fault lines of class, race, and gender and how vocational education entwined these tensions around the mechanic’s unique expertise. He further shows how aspects of the consumer rights and environmental movements, as well as the design of automotive electronics, reflected and challenged the social identity and expertise of the mechanic. In the history of the American auto mechanic, Borg finds the origins of a persistent anxiety that even today accompanies the prospect of taking one's car in for repair.
What Auto Mechanics Don't Want You to Know
Author: Mark Eskeldson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964056060
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The fourth edition of this invaluable consumer guide exposes common auto repair scams, helps identify dependable mechanics, gives tips on getting repairs done for free even after the warranty expires, and clues car owners in on vehicle maintenance secrets. Includes details of undercover investigations that caught major auto repair chains red-handed, charging for expensive repairs that were not needed.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964056060
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The fourth edition of this invaluable consumer guide exposes common auto repair scams, helps identify dependable mechanics, gives tips on getting repairs done for free even after the warranty expires, and clues car owners in on vehicle maintenance secrets. Includes details of undercover investigations that caught major auto repair chains red-handed, charging for expensive repairs that were not needed.