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

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Nevins, Allan & Frank Ernest Hill, Ford decline and rebirth 1933-1962 (New York, NY: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1963). xviii, 508 p., illustrations (portraits), 24 cm, bibliogr. ref., index.
Mays, James C. (1953- ), Ford et le Canada: amis depuis 100 ans (Montréal, QC: Syam Publishing, 2003). 160 p., ISBN: 0973381213. Translated by Alain Ménard, original English title, "Ford and Canada: one hundred years together".
Nevins, Allan & Frank Ernest Hill, Ford expansion and challenge 1915-1933 (New York, NY: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1957). 714 p., illustrations (maps, portraits), 24 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 688, index.
Sorensen, Lorin, Ford factory (The) (St Helena, CA: Silverado Publishing, 1980). [Fordiana series; 4]. 223 p., illustrations, 28 x 41 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 224.

Rawbone, Martin, Ford in Britain: a history of the company and the cars (Sparkford, Somerset + Newbury Park, CA: Haynes, 2001). 302 p., illustrations (300, bw/c), 21 x 28 cm, index, ISBN: 185960823X (hc).
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chap. 1, In the beginning; Chap. 2, The post-war challenge; Chap. 3, The modern age; Chap. 4, Graceful motoring; Chap. 5, 'The world's most exciting light car'; Chap. 6, Cortina and the mid-size revolution; Chap. 7, Sweet and sour; Chap. 8, Going European; Chap. 9, The American road; Chap. 10, European Union; Chap. 11, The watershed; Chap. 12, An Escort for the eighties; Chap. 13, (Aero) dynamicism; Chap. 14, A gamble rewarded; Chap. 15, In reverse; Chap. 16, Niche marketing and non-Fords; Car production figures from October 1931.

Montgomery, Bob (1947- ), Ford manufacture & assembly at Cork, 1919-1984 (Tankardstown, Dublin: Dreoilín Publications, 2000). [Irish transport series; 8]. 32 p., illustrations, 15 x 21 cm, ISBN: 1902773071.

Kreipke, Robert C., Ford Motor Co., the first 100 years: a chronological picture history of Ford Motor Co. over the first century (Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing, 2003). commemorative ed. iv, 196 p., illustrations (bw/c), 24 x 31 cm, index, ISBN: 1563118793 (hc, dj).
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of the company and its products. Material on the buildings. Also has a lot of material on Henry Ford, his early attempts at establishing his company, his involvement in racing. Vehicles featured include automobiles, farm tractors, prototypes, racing cars, tanks, ambulances, and so on. Models featured include: Model T, Thunderbird, Mustang, Probe, and Bronco. Some photographs of the Ford family, while others feature employees at work. Includes reproduction of advertising material and blueprints.

Sorensen, Lorin, Ford road: 75th anniversary, Ford Motor Company 1903-1978 (The) (St Helena, CA: Silverado Publishing, 1978). 191 p., illustrations.
Mathews, John, Ford strike: the workers' story (London: Panther, 1972). 208 p., illustrations, 18 cm.
Bonin, Hubert, Yannick Lung & Steven Tolliday (eds), Ford : the European history 1903-2003 (Paris: Plage, 2003). [Ecoclio]. 1240 p., 17 x 25 cm, ISBN: 2914369069 EAN: 9782914369060.
Lacey, Robert, Ford: the men and the machine (New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1993). xvii, 813 p., illustrations (40 p., map, portraits), 18 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 751-772, index, ISBN: 0345343123 (sc). Translated in Danish, "Ford", translated in Dutch/Flemish, "Ford: de mensen en hun machines", translated in Finnish, "Ford-dynastia", translated in French, "Ford: des hommes et des machines", translated in German, "Ford: eine amerikanische Dynastie", translated in Japanese, "Fodo: jidosha okoku o kizuita ichizoku", translated in Norwegian, "Ford: mennene og bilen", translated in Swedish, "Ford: en bildynastie".
OTHER AND/OR PRIOR EDITION(S): Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1986, 1st ed, ISBN: 0316511668.
Nevins, Allan & Frank Ernest Hill, Ford: the times, the man, the company (New York, NY: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1954). xvi, 688 p., illustrations (maps, portraits), 24 cm, bibliogr. ref. pp. 653-664, index.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Includes genealogical table.
Duffield, Edgar N., Ford through European eyeglasses, 1907-1947 (Chelmsford, Essex: Mercury Press, 1947). 210 p., illustrations (bw, portraits), 22 cm.
Shiomi, Haruhito & Kazuo Wada (eds), Fordism transformed: the development of production methods in the automobile industry (Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1995). [Fuji conference series; 1]. viii, 320 p., illustrations, tables, 16 x 24 cm, bibliogr. ref., index, ISBN: 0195289618 (hc). Papers presented at the 21st International Conference on Business History held near Mount Fuji, Japan, in January 1994.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: Collection of articles about the experiences of different national automobile industries in modifying the mass production methods developed in the United States during the early years of the 20th century. Includes the British, Swedish, Japanese, French, German, Italian examples.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction, by Haruhito Shiomi; chap. 1, The emergence of the 'flow production' method in Japan, by Kazuo Wada; chap. 2, The formation of assembler networks in the automobile industry: the case of Toyota Motor Company (1955-80), by Haruhito Shiomi; chap. 3, Planning and executing 'automation' at Ford Motor Company 1945-65: the Cleveland engine plant and its consequences, by David A. Hounshell; chap. 4, Design, manufacture, and quality control of niche products: The British and Japanese experiences, by Timothy R. Whisler; chap. 5, The road from dreams of mass production to flexible specialization: American influences on the development of the Swedish automobile industry, 1920-1939, by Nils Kinch; chap. 6, The development of the company-wide quality control and quality circles at Toyota Motor Corporation and Nissan Motor Company Limited, by Izumi Nonaka; chap. 7, Fordism and quality: the French case, 1919-93, by Patrick Fridenson; chap. 8, A note on the origin of the 'black box parts' practice in the Japanese motor vehicle industry, by Takahiro Fujimoto; chap. 9, Men and mass production: The role of gender in managerial strategies in the British and American automobile industries, by Wayne A. Lewchuk; chap. 10, Production methods and industrial relations at Fiat (1930-90), by Stefano Musso; chap. 11, Two kinds of Fordism: on the differing roles of the automobile industry in the development of the two German states, by Werner Abelshauser; chap. 12, Adption of the Ford system and evolution of the production system in the Chinese automobile industry, 1953-93, by Chunli Lee.
O'Toole, Jack (1944- ), Forming the future: lessons from the Saturn Corporation (Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1996). xii, 208 p., illustrations, 16 x 24 cm, ISBN: 1557868360, EAN: 9781557868367 (hc).
Gasich, Welko E., Forty years of Ferrari V12 engines (Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 1990). 80 p., illustrations (bw/c), 24 x 32 cm, bibliogr. ref. p. 75, index, ISBN: 1560910496 (hc, dj).
Bacon, Roy Hunt, Four-stroke engines (London: Osprey, 1988). [Restoring motorcycles; 1]. 128 p., illustrations (160, bw), 20 x 27 cm, index, ISBN: 0850457874 (sc).
Bacon, Roy Hunt, Frames & forks (London: Osprey, 1989). [Restoring motorcycles; 6]. 128 p., illustrations (bw), 20 x 27 cm, index, ISBN: 0850458617.
Christopher, Kalanji Jayadas & Ch. Shankariah, From auto-slums to autonagar: case study of the genesis and development of the Jawahar Autonagar, Vijayawada (Hyderâbâd: Small Industry Extension Training Institute, 1973). xii, 75 p., illustrations (maps).
Mair, Andrew, From British Leyland Motor Corporation to Rover Group: the search for a viable British model (London: Birkbeck College, Department of Management 1998). [Working paper; 98-03]. 22 p., 30 cm, bibliogr. ref (.sc).

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