Automation, Transfer Machinery, and Mass Production in the U.S. Automobile Industry in the Post–World War II Era

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 100-138

  Hounshell, David A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85010669531     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: 14672235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1467222700015615     Document Type: Article

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