Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation Contributor(s): Yanik, Anthony J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814334237 ISBN-13: 9780814334232 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $36.62 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General - Business & Economics | Infrastructure - Business & Economics | Industries - Automobile Industry |
Dewey: 338.762 |
LCCN: 2008041539 |
Series: Great Lakes Books (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.05 lbs) 208 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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, and its cars offered several innovations to buyers of the time. For instance, Maxwell's was the first popular car with its engine in front instead of under the body, the first to be designed with three-point suspension and shaft drive, and one of the earliest cars to feature thermo-syphon cooling. In Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation, Anthony J. Yanik examines the machines, the process, and the men behind Maxwell, describing both the vehicle engineering and the backroom wheeling and dealing that characterized the emergence and disappearance of the early auto companies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Yanik, Anthony J.: - Anthony J. Yanik is a widely published automotive historian and the former editor of Wheels: The Journal of the National Automotive History Collection. He is also the author of The E-M-F Company: The Story of Automotive Pioneers Barney Everitt, William Metzger, and Walter Flanders and editor of The Birth of Chrysler Corporation and Its Engineering Legacy. |