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Despite their achievements and their critical role in the early success of Henry Ford, John and Horace Dodge are usually overlooked in histories of the early automotive industry, but Hyde has put them front and center again to appropriately credit their lasting legacy.

This book describes technological change in an industry that played a central role in the Indsutrial Revolution. While earlier scholars have examined isolated aspects of ironmaking in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain, Charles Hyde surveys all aspects of its development. Costs, prices, profits, shrewd leaders, competition, new inventions, and productivity all figure in this story of a key industry during the major period of its ev...

Excerpt from The Lower Peninsula of Michigan: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial SitesThe Historic American Engineering Record (haer) is a program of the Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, National Park Service and is responsible for documenting and thus preserving America's engineering and industrial heritage. As part of its program, haer prepares inventories or lists of significant engineering and industrial sit...

Excerpt from The Lower Peninsula of Michigan: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial SitesThe Historic American Engineering Record (haer) is a program of the Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, National Park Service and is responsible for documenting and thus preserving America's engineering and industrial heritage. As part of its program, haer prepares inventories or lists of significant engineering and industrial sit...

A scholarly study of the Dodge brothers and their company, chronicling their lives - from their childhood in Niles, Michigan, to their long years of learning the machinist's trade - and examining their influence on automotive manufacturing and marketing trends in the early part of the twentieth century.

Examines the role of the American automobile industry in producing vehicles, weapons, and other war products during World War II.

While researching his previous study, Arsenal of Democracy (Wayne State University Press, 2013), award-winning automotive historian Charles K. Hyde discovered the many remarkable photos that were part of the era's historical documentation. In Images from the Arsenal of Democracy, Hyde presents a selection of nearly three hundred of these documentary photos in striking black and white, with brief captions.

An extensively documented chronicle of the rise and fall of individual mines, companies, and regions, Copper for America will prove an essential resource for economic and business historians, historians of technology and mining, and western historians.

Explores the business history of three major independent American automakers - Nash Motor Company, the Hudson Motor Car Company, and the American Motors Company. This book argues that these companies made notable contributions to automotive engineering and styling and were an important part of the American automobile industry.

The first comprehensive history of the Chrysler Corporation, this book is intended for readers interested in the history of automobiles and of American business, and for fans and critics of Chrysler's products. From the Chrysler Six of 1924, to the front-wheel-drive vehicles of the 70s and 80s, to the minivan, Chrysler boasts an impressive list of technological "firsts." But even though the company has catered well to a variety of consumers, i...

Symbols of safety, reassurance, and guidance, lighthouses hold a special fascination for many people. On the Great Lakes, lighthouses-"northern lights"-helped to open the region to settlement and supported the growth of commercial trade. To this day, the continue to light the way for thousands of recreational boaters. In this definitive guide to the lighthouses of the Great Lakes, Charles Hyde describes the histories of more than one hundred a...