Stealing cars: technology & society from the Model T to the Gran Torino

"As early as 1910 Americans recognized that cars were easy to steal and, once stolen, hard to find. A car was its own getaway vehicle, and cars looked much alike. Model styles and colors eventually changed, and so did the means of making a stolen car disappear. Though changing license plates an...

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Hauptverfasser: Heitmann, John A. 1948- (VerfasserIn), Morales, Rebecca (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2014
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Zusammenfassung:"As early as 1910 Americans recognized that cars were easy to steal and, once stolen, hard to find. A car was its own getaway vehicle, and cars looked much alike. Model styles and colors eventually changed, and so did the means of making a stolen car disappear. Though changing license plates and serial numbers remain basic procedure, thieves have created highly sophisticated networks to disassemble stolen vehicles, distribute the parts, and/or ship the altered cars out of the country. Stealing cars naturally has become as technologically advanced as the cars themselves"-Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:ix, 216 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781421412979
1421412977
1421412985

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