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

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Douglas-Scott-Montagu, Edward John Barrington & David Burgess-Wise, Daimler century: the full history of Britain's oldest car maker (Sparkford, Somerset: Patrick Stephens, 1995). 304 p., illustrations (290, bw/c, portraits), 22 x 27 cm, bibliogr. ref., index, ISBN: 1852604948 (hc). NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of the marque and its cars including ceremonial limousines, police cars, commercial vehicles, ambulances, armored cars and even flying machines. Foreword by the duke of Edinburgh.

Gregor, Neil, Daimler-Benz in the Third Reich (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998). 276 p., illustrations (8 p.), 24 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 253-269, index, ISBN: 0300072430 (hc, dj). Translated in German, "Stern und hakenkreuz: Daimler-Benz im Dritten Reich".

Holland, David, Dashboards (Oxford, Oxfordshire: Phaidon, 1994). 224 p., illustrations (150, c), 26 x 30 cm, ISBN: 0714838632 (sc) + 0714831727 (hc). Translated in French, "Tableaux de bord". NOTES ON CONTENTS: Covers some 100 years of dashboard design around the world. Covers 50 cars of the 1904-1973 period. Includes such marques as Aston Martin, Austin, BMW, Cord and Duesenberg. Foreword by Gordon Murray.

Murchison, Kenneth, Dawn of motoring (The) (London: John Murray, 1942). 85 p., illustrations (portraits), 19 cm. NOTES ON CONTENTS: Describes the difficulties encountered by the pioneer motorists in Great Britain (difficulties with tires, engines, horses, police and the general public).

Johnson, Erik (1929- ), Dawn of motoring: how the car came to Britain (The) (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: Mercedes-Benz, 1986). 95 p., illustrations (portraits), 22 x 24 cm, index, ISBN: 0951062506. NOTES ON CONTENTS: Assesses the influence of Gottlieb Daimler's cars on the British automotive industry.

Smith, Barbara Mary Dimond (1929- ), Decline in a core region: the history of the British motorcycle industry 1945-1975 (Birmingham, Warwickshire: University of Birmingham, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, 1981). 57 p. COMMENTS: Paper presented at the Regional Science Association Conference held in Durham, September 1981.

Katz, Harold Charles, Decline of competition in the automobile industry, 1920-1940 (The) (New York, NY: Arno Press, 1977). [Dissertations in American economic history]. x, 504 p., illustrations, 24 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 494-504, ISBN: 0405099118. COMMENTS: Originally a Ph. D. thesis.

Katz, Harold Charles, Decline of competition in the automobile industry, 1920-1940 (The) (Ph. D. thesis: Columbia University (New York, NY), 1970). 514 p., illustrations (diagrams), tables, 29 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 494-504. COMMENTS: This thesis has been published.

Dunnett, Peter J. S., Decline of the British motor industry: the effects of government policy, 1945-1979 (The) (London: Croom Helm, 1980). 201 p., illustrations, 23 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 189-192, index, ISBN: 0709900120.

Davis, Donald Finlay, Decline of the gasoline aristocracy: the struggle for supremacy in Detroit and the automobile industry, 1896-1933 (The) (Ph. D. thesis: Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), 1976).

Wrynn, V. Dennis (1941- ), Detroit goes to war: the American auto industry in World War II (Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1993). 160 p., illustrations (175, bw/c), 28 cm, index, ISBN: 0879387734.

Gutkind, Alice, Development of African road transport in western Nigeria 1919-1939 (The) (Master thesis (history): McGill University (Montréal, QC), 1977). 119 p., 29 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 111-119.

Schwartzlander, Larry R., Development of federal regulatory safety training, licensing and qualification standards for onterstate commercial motor vehicle operators in the United States, 1900 to 1986 (The) (Ph. D. thesis: University of Maryland (College Park, MD), 1988). 170v, p., 28 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 163-170.

Lazarus, Geraldine G., Development of the motor car industry in Australia: a study of government interaction with private enterprise (Ph. D. thesis: Monash University (Clayton, Victoria), 1981). 300 p., illustrations., bibliogr. ref. pp. 272-295.

Claydon, T. J., Development of trade unionism among British automobile and aircraft workers, 1914-1945 (The) (Ph. D. thesis: University of Kent (Canterbury, Kent), 1983). 625 p.

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