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An important book, of size, depth and scope well beyond what else has been written about the American nineteenth-century carriage and wagon industry. -- Carolyn C. Cooper, Yale University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Remembering a Forgotten Industry
1. Rich Men's Vehicles at Poor Men's Prices: The Development of a Trade and Its Products
2. Knights of the Draw Knife: The Craft Origins of Horse-Drawn Vehicle Manufacture
3. From Shop to Factory: The Industrialization of a Trade
4. The Coming of Parts: Specialty Manufacturing in the Wagon and Carriage Industry
5. An Empire of Taste: The Brewster Carriage Dynasty
6. A Wagon Every Six Minutes: The Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company
7. From Craftsman to Assembler? Industrialization and the Wagon and Carriage Worker
8. That Damned Horseless Carriage: American Carriage Makers Respond to the Automobile
Epilogue: Hail and Farewell
Notes
Glossary
Essay on Sources
Index

About the Author

Thomas A. Kinney is assistant professor of history at Bluefield College in Virginia.

Reviews

A work of great value... Kinney offers a sophisticated analysis of the growth and eventual collapse of this mostly forgotten major US enterprise, and he presents his findings in a readable fashion. Choice An indispensable resource for anyone interested in the manufacture of horse-drawn vehicles... An important read for transport historians. -- Merri Ferrell Journal of Transport History Contrary to popular perception, it was... the low-cost horse-drawn vehicle that introduced Americans to personal transportation. -- Ed Duggan Journal of American History A significant work that brings fresh insights to the study of industrialization. American Historical Review A valuable resource that does much to advance our understanding of how industrialization affected work processes, labor relations, business organization, and consumption. Enterprise and Society With these well-organized tools, clear explanations, and absorbing narratives, Kinney provides Indiana and United States historians with an erudite and insightful contribution to the history of transportation technology. -- Philip M. Teigen Indiana Magazine of History Kinney has completed an outstanding history of the American carriage industry. This volume belongs on the bookshelf of any serious student of 19th century industry, technology, and labor. -- Charles Hyde Industrial Archaeology Kinney reconstructs this once vibrant yet largely forgotten industry. -- Daniel Claro Winterthur Portfolio