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Bibliographical references for books in English with titles beginning by B
Chapter 4: General works on motor vehicles, marques, companies, and automotive and transport industries, plus automotive accessories and components

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Background for tomorrow (Cleveland, OH: Thompson Products, 1951). 31 p., illustrations (c), 28 cm.
El-Messidi, Kathy Groehn, Bargain: the story behind the 30-year honeymoon of GM and the UAW (The) (New York, NY: Nellen Publishing, 1980). xxi, 120 p., illustrations, 24 cm, index, ISBN: 0842401202.

Barris, George & David Fetherston (1950- ), Barris kustoms of the 1960s (St Paul, MN: Motorbooks International, 2002). 127 p., illustrations (bw/c), 21 x 28 cm, index, ISBN: 0760309558 (sc).

Georgano, George Nicolas (1932- ) (ed.), Beaulieu encyclopedia of the automobile: coachbuilding (The) (London: The Stationery Office Books, 2001). xxxiv, 390 p., illustrations (bw/c, portraits), 29 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. xxii, ISBN: 0117027502.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of automotive body making from its origins in the 19th century to the 1950s by which time the tradition of coachbuilding began to decline. Foreword by Brian Sewell.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Chicago, IL: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2001, ISBN: 1579583679.
Beruldsen, Jim D., Beneath the bonnet: a history of Australian automotive parts manufacturers since 1896 (Melbourne, Victoria: Longman Cheshire, 1989). 271 p., illustrations (portraits), 26 cm, bibliogr. ref., index, ISBN: 0582712467 + 0582712475.
COMMENTS: Published for the Federation of Automotive Products Manufacturers.
Carugati, Decio Giulio Riccardo, Bertone: dialogue with mobile form (Milano: Electa Editrice, 2002). 167 p., illustrations (bw/c), 28 cm, bibliogr. ref., ISBN: 8843596519. Original Italian title, "Bertone: dialogo con la forma mobile".
Tolliday, Steven & Jonathan Zeitlin (eds), Between Fordism and flexibility (Leamington Spa, Warwickshire: Berg Publishers, 1992). viii, 335 p., 23 cm, index, ISBN: 085496312X (hc).
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): "Automobile industry and its workers: between Fordism and flexibility (The)" Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Polity + Blackwell, 1986, ISBN: 0745601553, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, 1985.
Hartnett, Laurence John (1898-1986) & John Veitch, Big wheels and little wheels (Boronia, VIC: Woldgrass Books,, 1981). 3rd revised & enlarged ed. 336 p., illustrations (portraits), 23 cm, ISBN: 0908069022.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Hawthorn, VIC: Gold Star Publications, 1973, ISBN: 0726004294 + 0726004308 (sc), Melbourne, VIC: Lansdowne Press, 1964.
Breer, Carl, Birth of Chrysler Corporation and its engineering legacy (The) (Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 1995). xii, 224 p., illustrations, 24 cm, index, ISBN: 1560915242 (hc). %%%%%Edited by Anthony J. Yanik.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Story of three automobile engineers and of their realizations: Carl Breer, Fred Zeder and Owen Skelton, who worked together for 35 years, starting at Studebaker in 1916 and moving to Chrysler three years later when it was created.
Nariai, Osamu (1948- ), Birthplace of an auto titan: Mikawa Region, Aichi Prefecture (Tokyo: Foreign Press Center, 2001). [Regional economy; 2]. 28 p., illustrations (maps, portriats), 21 cm.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of Toyota Jid¢osha Kabushiki Kaisha as one of the automotive industry in the Mikawa Region, Japan.
Boulton, Jim, Black country road transport (Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 1995). 126 p., illustrations (portraits), 22 cm, ISBN: 0750908521.
Porter, Lindsay (1949- ), BMC and Leyland B-series engine data (London: Osprey, 1985). 237 p., 28 cm, ISBN: 0850455979.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: On cover: "Comprehensive data and how-to guide to the popular B-series 4-cylinder engine used by Austin, Morris, MG, Riley and Wolseley, 1954-81".
Dymock, Eric, BMW: a celebration (New York, NY: Orion Books, 1990). 1st American ed. 191 p., illustrations, 26 cm, ISBN: 0517580470. Translated in German, "BMW: profil einer weltmarke".
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): London: Pavilion Books, 1990, ISBN: 1851454241.
Mönnich, Horst (1918- ), BMW story: a company in its time (The) (London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1991). xx, 588 p., illustrations (bw, 40 p.), 16 x 25 cm, index, ISBN: 0283060905. Translated by Anthony Bastow & William Henson, original German title, "BMW: eine jahrhundertgeschichte".
Frostick, Michael, BMW: the Bavarian Motor Works (London: Dalton Watson, 1976). 207 p., illustrations, 25 cm, ISBN: 0901564206.
Harper, Graham A., Brakes and friction materials: the history and development of the technologies (Bury Saint Edmunds, West Suffolk: Mechanical Engineering Publications, 1998). 79 p., illustrations, 31 cm, bibliogr. ref., index, ISBN: 1860581277.
da Silveira e Silva, Regina Coeli, Brazilian motor vehicle industry: establishment and development (The) (Master thesis: Ohio University (Athens, OH), 1981). vii, 79 p., illustrations.
Williams, Karel, Lawrence John Williams (1927- ) & Colin Haslam, Breakdown of Austin Rover: a case-study in the failure of business strategy and industrial policy (The) (Leamington Spa, Warwickshire: Berg, 1987). v, 150 p., 22 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 144-145, index, ISBN: 0854965157 + 0854965165 (sc).
Steacy, Ken & Rob D'Estrube, Brightwork: classic American car ornamentation (San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2000). 120 p., illustrations (175, c), ISBN: 0811826635 (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of design focusing on emblems, horn buttons, script and hood ornaments, from the early 1930s to the late 1950s.
Setright, Leonard J. K., Bristol cars and engines (Croydon, Surrey: Motor Racing Publications, 1974). 160 p., illustrations, 23 cm, ISBN: 090054922X (hc).

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