Tycoons, Scorchers, and Outlaws The Class War that Shaped American Auto Racing
Description
Tycoons, Scorchers, and Outlaws charts how auto racing was shaped by class tensions between the millionaires who invented it, the public who resented their seizure of the public roads, and the working class drivers who viewed the sport as a vocation, not a leisured pursuit.
Keywords
HistoryUnited StatesModernSocial HistorySocial ScienceAmericas (North, Central, South, West Indies)AnthropologyCultural & Social
2013Book
Author(s)Timothy Messer-Kruse
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9781137322500
LanguageEnglish
