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Shifting Gears
Canadian Autoworkers and the Changing Landscape of Labour Politics
Price:
CA$99.00
ISBN: 9780774870856
Pub Date: August 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Shifting Gears tells the story of how Canada’s largest private-sector union shifted its political strategy from an emphasis on transformative activism to transactional partnerships.
Dodge Brothers
The Men, the Motor Cars, and the Legacy
Price:
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780814332474
Pub Date: July 2023
At the start of the Ford Motor Company in 1903, the Dodge Brothers supplied nearly every car part needed by the up-and-coming auto giant. After fifteen years of operating a successful automotive supplier...
Vehicle for Change
Popular Representations of the Automobile in 20th-Century France
Price:
CA$89.95
ISBN: 9781802070118
Pub Date: June 2022
An Open Access edition of this book will be available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.Since its invention, the automobile has been systematically ?consumed?, to become...
El Golpe
US Labor, the CIA, and the Coup at Ford in Mexico
Price:
CA$27.95
ISBN: 9780745345628
Pub Date: February 2022
Imprint: Pluto Press
True crime meets political thriller in an explosive exposé of US meddling in Mexico
Moving Violations
Automobiles, Experts, and Regulations in the United States
Price:
CA$87.95
ISBN: 9781421429656
Pub Date: July 2019
Imprint: John Hopkins University
The first comprehensive history of auto regulation in the United States.Regulation has shaped the evolution of the automobile from the beginning. In Moving Violations, Lee Vinsel shows that, contrary...
The Ford Century in Minnesota
Price:
CA$55.99
ISBN: 9780816637195
Pub Date: November 2016
Imprint: University of Minnesota Press
In 1903, before the Ford Motor Company was even incorporated, Stephen Tenvoorde signed a contract to sell "Fordmobiles" at his bicycle shop in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Four generations later, the Tenvoorde...
When Good Jobs Go Bad
Globalization, De-unionization, and Declining Job Quality in the North American Auto Industry
Price:
CA$188.00
ISBN: 9780813576060
Pub Date: March 2016
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
In When Good Jobs Go Bad, Jeffrey Rothstein looks at the impact of globalization on workers in the North American auto industry, revealing that globalization has had a deleterious effect on even the most valued of blue-collar jobs. Rothstein shows how the consolidation of the Mexican and U.S.-Canadian auto industries, the expanding number of foreign automakers in North America, and the spread of lean production have all undermined organized labor and harmed workers.
The Making of Black Detroit in the Age of Henry Ford
Price:
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781469613857
Pub Date: February 2014
Imprint: University of North Carolina Press
In the 1920s, Henry Ford hired thousands of African American men for his open-shop system of auto manufacturing. This move was a rejection of the notion that better jobs were for white men only. In...
Autonomous State
The Struggle for a Canadian Car Industry from OPEC to Free Trade
Price:
CA$54.00
ISBN: 9781442612976
Pub Date: February 2013
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
More than just an examination of the auto industry, the book provides a rethinking of Canada's tumultuous post-OPEC political and economic evolution, helping to explain the current tribulations of the global auto sector and Canada's place within it.
Driven to Succeed
How Frank Hasenfratz Grew Linamar from Guelph to Global
Price:
CA$32.99
ISBN: 9781459707955
Pub Date: October 2012
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Hungarian-born Frank Hasenfratz fled his native land in 1956 after the revolution to free his nation from Soviet domination failed. He eventually settled in Guelph, Ontario, where he founded Linamar, now the second-largest maker of auto parts in Canada. This is Frank's story as well as that of the company he created.
Monopoly on Wheels
Henry Ford and the Selden Automobile Patent
Price:
CA$35.95
ISBN: 9780814335123
Pub Date: March 2011
In 1895, visionary Rochester, New York, attorney George B. Selden was granted a patent for a "road-carriage" that he had designed but not built. In anticipation of a burgeoning American auto...
Storied Independent Automakers
Nash, Hudson, and American Motors
Price:
CA$48.95
ISBN: 9780814334461
Pub Date: November 2009
With roots extending back to the first decade of the twentieth century, Nash Motor Company and the Hudson Motor Car Company managed to compete and even prosper as independent producers until...
Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation
Price:
CA$48.95
ISBN: 9780814334232
Pub Date: February 2009
Though usually regarded as a footnote in automotive history, Maxwell Motor was one of the leading automobile producers in the United States during the first quarter of the twentieth century,...
Japan's Motorcycle Wars
An Industry History
Price:
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780774814546
Pub Date: January 2009
Imprint: UBC Press
For decades the crown jewels of Japan’s postwar manufacturing industry, motorcycles remain one of Japan’s top exports. Japan’s Motorcycle Wars assesses the historical development and societal...
Auto Pact
Creating a Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1960-1971
Price:
CA$53.00
ISBN: 9780802038210
Pub Date: November 2005
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Anastakis provides a fresh and alternative view of the auto pact that places it firmly within contemporary debates about the nature of free trade as well as North American - and, indeed, global - integration. Far from being a mere artefact of history, the deal was a forebearer to what is now known as 'globalization.'
American Vanguard
The United Auto Workers During the Reuther Years, 1935-1970
Price:
CA$42.95
ISBN: 9780814332979
Pub Date: September 2005
The struggles and victories of the UAW form an important chapter in the story of American democracy. American Vanguard is the first and only history of the union available for both general...
Shifting Gears
Canadian Autoworkers and the Changing Landscape of Labour Politics
CA$99.00
ISBN: 9780774870856
Pub Date: August 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Shifting Gears tells the story of how Canada’s largest private-sector union shifted its political strategy from an emphasis on transformative activism to transactional partnerships.
Dodge Brothers
The Men, the Motor Cars, and the Legacy
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780814332474
Pub Date: July 2023
Vehicle for Change
Popular Representations of the Automobile in 20th-Century France
CA$89.95
ISBN: 9781802070118
Pub Date: June 2022
El Golpe
US Labor, the CIA, and the Coup at Ford in Mexico
CA$27.95
ISBN: 9780745345628
Pub Date: February 2022
Imprint: Pluto Press
True crime meets political thriller in an explosive exposé of US meddling in Mexico
Moving Violations
Automobiles, Experts, and Regulations in the United States
CA$87.95
ISBN: 9781421429656
Pub Date: July 2019
Imprint: John Hopkins University
The Ford Century in Minnesota
CA$55.99
ISBN: 9780816637195
Pub Date: November 2016
Imprint: University of Minnesota Press
When Good Jobs Go Bad
Globalization, De-unionization, and Declining Job Quality in the North American Auto Industry
CA$188.00
ISBN: 9780813576060
Pub Date: March 2016
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
The Making of Black Detroit in the Age of Henry Ford
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781469613857
Pub Date: February 2014
Imprint: University of North Carolina Press
Autonomous State
The Struggle for a Canadian Car Industry from OPEC to Free Trade
CA$54.00
ISBN: 9781442612976
Pub Date: February 2013
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
More than just an examination of the auto industry, the book provides a rethinking of Canada's tumultuous post-OPEC political and economic evolution, helping to explain the current tribulations of the global auto sector and Canada's place within it.
Driven to Succeed
How Frank Hasenfratz Grew Linamar from Guelph to Global
CA$32.99
ISBN: 9781459707955
Pub Date: October 2012
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Hungarian-born Frank Hasenfratz fled his native land in 1956 after the revolution to free his nation from Soviet domination failed. He eventually settled in Guelph, Ontario, where he founded Linamar, now the second-largest maker of auto parts in Canada. This is Frank's story as well as that of the company he created.
Monopoly on Wheels
Henry Ford and the Selden Automobile Patent
CA$35.95
ISBN: 9780814335123
Pub Date: March 2011
Storied Independent Automakers
Nash, Hudson, and American Motors
CA$48.95
ISBN: 9780814334461
Pub Date: November 2009
Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation
CA$48.95
ISBN: 9780814334232
Pub Date: February 2009
Japan's Motorcycle Wars
An Industry History
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780774814546
Pub Date: January 2009
Imprint: UBC Press
Auto Pact
Creating a Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1960-1971
CA$53.00
ISBN: 9780802038210
Pub Date: November 2005
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Anastakis provides a fresh and alternative view of the auto pact that places it firmly within contemporary debates about the nature of free trade as well as North American - and, indeed, global - integration. Far from being a mere artefact of history, the deal was a forebearer to what is now known as 'globalization.'
American Vanguard
The United Auto Workers During the Reuther Years, 1935-1970
CA$42.95
ISBN: 9780814332979
Pub Date: September 2005