Junkyards, Gearheads, and Rust: Salvaging the Automotive Past

[Lucsko] covers a lot of new and interesting ground in describing America''s car culture, both its history and its technology.
—Washington Times This thoroughly-researched book belongs in the library of all historians who are interested in the business, cultural and environmental aspects of automobility. It also deserves careful attention from historians of technology who study maintenance, sustainability and recycling, as well as technological subcultures of adapters, tinkerers and creative re-users.
—ICON At times, a knowledge of automotive history and manufacturers would be a plus for readers, but this book is a treasure hunt through the wheels and fields of old car history that anyone with a hint of interest in the topic will enjoy, with no special knowledge necessary. . . Highly recommended.
—Choice Junkyards, Gearheads and Rust is above all an elegy to the open junkyard and the enthusiasts’ subcultures that they supported, to, in Lucsko’s words, ‘Saturday afternoon strolls through weed-covered relics’ (p. 132)... Well-researched and clearly written, Junkyards, Gearheads and Rust is a welcome and often thought provoking, evocative, and exuberant addition to the scholarly literature on Americans and automobiles.
—Tom McCarthy, United States Naval Academy, Journal of Transport History By examining how cars are salvaged, repurposed, and restored, this book demonstrates that the history of the automobile is much more than a running catalog of showroom novelties.

• | Author: David N. Lucsko
• | Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 10, 2016
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781421419428
• | ISBN-10: 1421419424