Industry are in a state of transition, and that the halcyon days forīoth lie behind, not ahead. But it is also widely believed that motoring and the The vast majority of Americans willĬontinue to move about in cars, and the industry will survive, almostĮveryone agrees. Today American motorists and the auto industry face the mostĬritical years they have known. Us have traded motor vehicles for mopeds, much less bicycles. In large numbers, and strain our pocketbooks. That vehicles disturb tranquility, pollute the environment, kill us off Profoundly affecting manners and morals forever. Naysayers were swept aside, or joined the automotive parade, andĬars chugged, then raced ahead, changing the face of America and With the horse, and many more complained that it raised too muchĭust, ran over too many chickens, made deafening noises, producedįoul odors, and further separated the classes from the masses. Many turn-of-the-century citizens compared it unfavorably It is still a new fact in the American consciousness,Ĭertainly, since its inception the auto has generated love-hateįeelings.
Until recently, perhaps because the car has been around only one But theĬultural impact of this single invention has attracted much less attention World's, leading business activity since the early 1920s. Michigan, that the auto industry has been the nation's, indeed the The journalists' opinions merely corroborated what AmericansĪlready knew-that the automobile has had an extraordinarily potent Of television, aviation, and the electrification of the nation. School segregation, and such technological advances as the development The Louisiana Purchase, the 1954 Supreme Court decision outlawing Rated tenth, comfortably ahead of the Vietnam War, the New Deal,
"Henry Ford, his Model T, and the rise of the automobile" was They gave first ranking to the Revolution, followedīy the drafting of the Constitution, the Civil War, and World War Journalists to name the most important developments in U.S. Issue title: The Automobile and American CultureFall 1980, pp. 434-435ĭuring America's bicentennial, the Associated Press asked leading
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