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

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Beasley, David R., Capital and the automobile: a case study of invention and technological diffusion (Ph. D. thesis (economics): New School for Social Research, 1982). 417 p., bibliogr. ref. pp. 404-413.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers mostly (steam- and gas-powered) automobiles of the 19th century.
Thomas, Kenneth P., Capital beyond borders: states and firms in the auto industry, 1960-94 (Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1997). [International political economy]. xviii, 191 p., 22 cm, bibliogr. ref, ISBN: 033366602X (hc).
Walton, Mary (1941- ), Car: a drama of the American workplace (New York, NY: W. W. Norton, 1997). 1st ed. xxiv, 360 p., illustrations, 25 cm, index, ISBN: 0393040801.
Boyce, Terry, Car interior restoration: antique - classic - special-interest (Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Tab Books, 1981). 3rd ed., [Modern automotive series]. 128 p., illustrations, 22 cm, ISBN: 0830621024.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Tab Books, 1978, 2nd ed, ISBN: 0830620028, New York, NY: Sports Car Press, c1975, [Modern sports car series].
Di Siriganano, Guiseppe & David Sulzberger, Car mascots: an enthusiast's guide (London: Blacker Calmann Cooper, 1977). 120 p., illustrations (225, bw/c), 15 x 23 cm, bibliogr. ref., index, ISBN: 0517229765 (hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Section on company mascots arranged alphabeticalyy. Includes custom and fantasy mascots as well as very early and post-war examples. Does include Lalique mascots. 215 black and white photographs and 10 color.
Mantle, Jonathan, Car wars: fifty years of greed, treachery, and skulduggery in the global marketplace (New York, NY: Arcade Publishers, 1995). 1st American ed. xv, 253 p., illustrations (16 p., portraits), 23 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 235-238, index, ISBN: 1559703334. Translated in Czech, "Automobilové války: mezinárodní automobiloví obri a svet, který vytvorili".
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Focuses on competition within the automotive industry including industrial espionage. Covers from 1945 and on.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): "Car wars: the international giants and the world they made", London: Macmillan, 1995.
Butman, John, Car wars: how General Motors Europe built 'the car of the future' (London: Grafton Books, 1991). 236 p., illustrations (16 p.), 25 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 225-229, index, ISBN: 0246135417 (hc).
Sobel, Robert, Car wars: the untold story of the great automakers and the giant thirty year battle for global supremacy (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1985). xiii, 371 p., 25 cm, bibliogr. ref., index, ISBN: 0070595895 (sc).
OTHER AND/OR PREVIOUS EDITION(S): New York, NY: E. P. Dutton, 1984, ISBN: 0525242899.
Bacon, Roy Hunt, Carburettors (London: Osprey, 1989). [Restoring motorcycles; 5]. 128 p., illustrations (bw), 20 x 27 cm, index, ISBN: 0850458587.
Scharchburg, Richard P., Carriages without horses: J. Frank Duryea and the birth of the American automobile industry (Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 1993). vii, 243 p., illustrations, 24 cm, bibliogr. ref., index, ISBN: 1560913800 (hc).
Myers, Stephen, Cars from Sheffield: the rise and fall of the Sheffield motor industry, 1900-1930 (Sheffield, Yorkshire: Sheffield City Libraries, 1986). 113 p., illustrations (portraits), 30 cm, ISBN: 0863210503 (sc).
Vossler, Bill (1946- ) & Marlin Brubaker, Cars, trucks, and buses made by tractor companies (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1999). 160 p., illustrations (295, bw), 28 cm, bibliogr. ref. 156, index, ISBN: 0873416724 (sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers 56 different manufacturers that built vehicles between 1900 and 1930. Includes such marques as Avery, Best, Case, Caterpillar, Ford, Galloway, Maytag, Rumely, Shaw and Waterloo.
Habingreither, Robert Bruce (1946- ), Case study of the first commercially successful electric self-starting system (A) (Thesis (education): West Virginia University (Morgantown), 1978). xi, 205 p., illustrations, 28 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 191-198.
Catalog of Chevy V-8 engine casting numbers, 1955-83 (Sidney, OH: Amos Press, 1994). 212 p., illustrations (140), bw), 20 x 28 cm, ISBN: 1880524139 (sc).
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction; Cylinder block, small block, Cylinder block, big block; Crankshaft; Cylinder head, small block, Cylinder head, big block; Exhaust manifold, Intake manifold; Carter carburetor, Holley carburetor, Rochester carbureto; Fuel pump, Water pump; Generator, Alternator; Starter, Distributor, EGR valve.

Sparke, Penny (1948- ), Century of car design (A) (London: Mitchell Beazley, 2002). 1st ed. 256 p., illustrations (600, bw/c, portraits), 29 cm, bibliogr. ref., index, ISBN: 0764154095 (sc) + 1840004037 (hc). Translated in Swedish, "Bilen: en designhistoria, 1900-2001".
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of automotive engineering and design based on the most influential creations from the United States, UK, Germany, Italy, and France. Includes material on Harley Earl, Gordon Buehrig, Sergio Pininfarina, Alec Issigonis, Ferdinand Porsche, Dante Giacosa, Giorgio Giugiaro, Patrick Le Quément, Thomas Gale, Raymond Loewy, Bjorn Envall, Uwe Bahnsen, and Harm Lagaay. Marques covered include: Renault, Chrysler, Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Daimler-Benz, Bugatti, Ford, Packard, Saab, and Porsche. Models include: the 1947 Studebaker, the Lotus Esprit, and the Volkswagen Beetle. About 450 colour photographs on the more than 600.
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 2002, 1st us ed., ISBN: 0764154095.

Longstreet, Stephen, Century on wheels: the story of Studebaker (A) (New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1952). 1st ed. 121 p., illustrations, 25 cm.
Miller, Edward K., Century on wheels: the story of the American automotive industry (Houston, TX: Pioneer Publications, 1987). 292 p., illustrations (bw/c), 29 cm, index.
Newbigging, Carole, Susanne Shatford & Trevor Williams (1943- ), Changing faces of Cowley Works (The) (Witney: Robert Boyd, 1998-2002). 2 vols, illustrations (map, portraits), 25 cm, ISBN: 1899536280 (vol. 1, sc) + 1899536655 (vol. 2, sc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 1): 128 p.
NOTES ON CONTENTS (vol. 2): 96 p.
Gott, Philip G., Changing gears: the development of the automotive transmission (Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 1991). [SAE historical series]. xiii, 437 p., illustrations, 24 cm, bibliogr. ref., index, ISBN: 1560910992.
Sherman, Joe, Charging ahead: an electric car that goes the distance (Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1998). 256 p., illustrations (drawings), 16 x 24 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 193-215, index, ISBN: 0195094794 (hc).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History and evolution of Solectria, a small company building electric cars. Chronicles the triumphs and setbacks of engineers and scientists of a company that struggles against the big automotive manufacturers. Really about book about technology, environment and corporate politics. Covers from the beginnings in 1989.

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