{"product_id":"engines-of-change-a-history-of-the-american-dream-in-fifteen-cars-9781451640649","title":"Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars","description":"From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Ingrassia comes a narrative of America like no other: a cultural history that explores how cars have both propelled and reflected the national experience--from the Model T to the Prius.From the assembly lines of Henry Ford to the open roads of Route 66, America's history is a vehicular history-an idea brought brilliantly to life in this major work by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Ingrassia. Engines of Change is a wondrous epic in fifteen automobiles, including the Corvette, the Beetle, and the Chevy Corvair, as well as the personalities and tales behind them: Robert McNamara's unlikely role in Lee Iacocca's Mustang, Henry Ford's Model T, as well as Honda's Accord, the BMW 3 Series, and the Jeep, among others. Through these cars and these characters, Ingrassia shows how the car has expressed the particularly American tension between the lure of freedom and the obligations of utility. Narrative history of the highest caliber, Engines of Change is an entirely edifying new way to look at the American story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngrassia, Paul:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003ePaul Ingrassia\u003c\/b\u003e, formerly the Detroit bureau chief for \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and later the president of Dow Jones Newswire, is the deputy editor-in-chief of Reuters. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 (with Joseph B. White) for reporting on management crises at General Motors, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eCrash Course: The American Automobile Industry's Road from Glory to Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641701142802,"sku":"9781451640649","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7492710d-3c81-4af4-aef2-b90f04623916.jpg?v=1733031424","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/engines-of-change-a-history-of-the-american-dream-in-fifteen-cars-9781451640649","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}