Motoring On? A New History of the U.S. Car Industry since 1900

该项目旨在提供1900至2020年间美国汽车工业的新历史。美国是汽车行业的发源地，汽车是国家身份和历史不可或缺的一部分。在整个20世纪，美国是世界上最大的汽车市场，今天它的汽车数量几乎和人口一样多。几十年来，汽车行业一直是政策制定的核心；如今，它是气候变化不可或缺的一部分。预期的结果是第一部融合了商业和劳工视角、而不是分开对待的全面历史，也是第一部涵盖国内和外资所有部门的历史。它的核心问题是，这个行业是如何假定--并保持--在美国生活中的突出地位的。

This project aims to provide a new history of the U.S. car industry between 1900 and 2020. America was the industry’s birthplace, and the car is integral to national identity and history. Throughout the twentieth century, the U.S. was the world's biggest auto market, and today it has almost as many cars as people. For decades, the auto sector was central to policy-making; today it is integral to Climate Change. The intended outcome is the first comprehensive history that blends the perspective of business and labor, rather than treating them separately, and the first history that covers the domestic and foreign-owned sectors. Its central question interrogates how this industry assumed - and maintained - a prominent place in American life.