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Dreams turn sour for automakers, drivers

Crash Course

The American Automobile Industry's Road from Glory to Disaster

By Paul Ingrassia

Random House, 306 pages, $32

 

Carjacked

The Culture of the Automobile and its Effect on Our Lives

By Catherine Lutz and Anne Lutz Fernandez

Palgrave, 272 pages, $34

Automobiles dominate our economies, our cities and our popular culture.

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