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Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > Road vehicle manufacturing industry
The Color Line and the Assembly Line tells a new story of the
impact of mass production on society. Global corporations, based
originally in the United States, have played a part in making
gender and race everywhere. Focusing on Ford Motor Company's rise
to become the largest, richest, and most influential corporation in
the world, The Color Line and the Assembly Line takes on the
traditional story of Fordism. Contrary to popular thought the
assembly line was perfectly compatible with all manner of racial
practice in the United States, Brazil, and South Africa. Each
country's distinct forms of racial hierarchies in the 1920s and
1930s informed Ford's often divisive labor processes. Confirming
racism as an essential component in the creation of global
capitalism, Elizabeth Esch also adds an important new lesson
showing how local patterns gave capitalism its distinctive
features.
The automobile industry is evolving rapidly on a worldwide basis.
All of the biggest, most successful firms have become totally
global in nature. Plunkett's Automobile Industry Almanac will be
your complete guide to this immense, fascinating industry. This
exciting new book is a complete reference tool for everything you
need to know about the car, truck and specialty vehicles business,
including: Automotive industry trends and market research, mergers
and acquisitions, globalization, automobile manufacturers, truck
makers, specialty vehicles such as RVs, automobile finance and
other financial services, dealerships, components manufacturers,
retail auto parts stores, e-commerce and more. We discuss in detail
developments in China, India and other emerging markets,
collaboration and partnerships between auto makers, as well as
batteries, hybrids and plug in hybrid vehicles (PHEV). This book
includes extensive statistical tables, an automobile industry
glossary, industry contacts and indexes. The corporate profile
section of the book includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of
the 400 leading companies in all facets of the automobile industry.
You'll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market
research report in one superb, value-priced package.
India is witnessing a unique moment in populism, with sentiments
divided between economic reforms that promise fast
industrialization and protests that thwart such industrialization.
This book offers an ethnographic study of divergent local responses
to the proposed construction of a Tata Motors factory in eastern
India that would have produced the Nano, the so-called people's
car. Initial excitement was followed by long protests among the
villagers whose agricultural land was being acquired for the
project. After these protests secured the relocation of the
factory, further demonstrations followed, sometimes involving the
same participants, seeking to bring the factory back. People's Car
explores this ambivalence concerning industrialization, asking why
long drawn resistances against corporate industrialization coexist
with political rhetoric and slogans promoting fast-paced
industrialization. Majumder argues that such contradictory rhetoric
and promises target divided sentiments in rural India where land is
incommensurable with money and a site specially marked by desire
for middle caste small landowners aspiring to futures beyond
agriculture. Previous studies of industrialization have generally
focused on either demands for development or populist critiques.
Moving beyond romantic cliches about urban/rural divisions,
People's Car offers a single analytical and ethnographic framework
demonstrating how pro- and anti-industrialization forces feed off
each other.
The automobile industry is evolving rapidly on a worldwide basis.
All of the biggest, most successful firms have become totally
global in nature. Plunkett's Automobile Industry Almanac will be
your complete guide to this immense, fascinating industry. This
exciting new book is a complete reference tool for everything you
need to know about the car, truck and specialty vehicles business,
including: Automotive industry trends and market research, mergers
and acquisitions, globalization, automobile manufacturers, truck
makers, specialty vehicles such as RVs, automobile finance and
other financial services, dealerships, components manufacturers,
retail auto parts stores, e-commerce and more. We discuss in detail
developments in China, India and other emerging markets,
collaboration and partnerships between auto makers, as well as
batteries, hybrids and plug in hybrid vehicles (PHEV). This book
includes extensive statistical tables, an automobile industry
glossary, industry contacts and indexes. The corporate profile
section of the book includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of
the 400 leading companies in all facets of the automobile industry.
You'll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market
research report in one superb, value-priced package.
The Standard Motor Company grew to be one of the biggest companies
in Coventry and employed some 11,000 people at its height. Based at
its huge factory at Canley, Coventry, it produced cars for sixty
years. The purchase of the Triumph marque in 1945 added a second
brand to the stable and all post-war Triumphs were designed,
developed and built in Standard factories. This book covers the
formative years of the company from 1903 to 1912 and describes the
vintage Standards produced between 1913 and 1930, as well as the
post-vintage and Flying Standards of 1931-1939. The author
discusses the acquisition of Triumph and covers the post-war
Standards and Triumphs produced between 1945 and 1961 as well as
the Leyland takeover and the company demise. This concise
introduction includes descriptions of the cars built by Standard,
and includes a fascinating variety photographs of surviving cars,
period factory photos and brochure material.
Carla Bailo, CEO of the Center for Automotive Research, and Terry
Barclay, CEO of Inforum, bring together over 30 of the most
influential women in the automotive industry to share their insight
and advice. From suppliers to OEMs, they hail from every corner of
the industry.Readers will learn how to take charge of their own
careers by understanding the experiences these professionals.
Topics include:Work-Life Integration – How can you be whole at
home, at work, and in the community?Education and Lifelong Learning
– Do you really need a graduate degree?Mentor and Sponsor
Relationships – How do you find mentors and sponsors and form
productive relationships with them?Career Challenges – How do you
evaluate when to take career risks? How do you say yes when all the
boxes aren’t checked? Resilience – Where do you find the
internal fortitude to keep going? Personal Satisfaction – What do
these leaders find most joyful about their careers? The Road to the
Top is Not on the Map features female leaders who candidly share
the habits, motivations, triumphs, defeats, and lessons learned
that helped them achieve top jobs in the industry. Their insights
have relevance for women at all stages in their careers, whether
its young women interested in pursuing a career in the auto
industry, those looking for their next strategic move, or those
seeking insight and inspiration.
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Auto Empire
(Paperback)
Richard Choi; Translated by J H Reggie Lee; Eric Choi
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