Making Cars

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A history of car making at Cowley by the people who make the cars Developed out of the successful Channel Four series produced by Television History Workshop What the papers said about the programmes: 'Vivid detail...fascinating...' - Sunday Telegraph 'Unusual and interesting approach...rich televisual history...' - Guardian 'Impressive' - Time Out 'Worth more than a dozen professors' - New Society 'The appeal of the programme lies in the faith and wj|j integrity which it attaches to popular memory' - City Limits Vjj Making Cars is a history of car making at the giant Morris Motors and Pressed Steel factories at Cowley, Oxford. The book is the result of a pioneering experiment in making history. The car makers were invited into a 'history shop' in the centre of Cowley to share their memories, record their stories, and bring along photographs and other mementos of a life making cars. Out of their experiences came the television documentary series Making Cars shown on Channel Four.... Tovább

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A history of car making at Cowley by the people who make the cars Developed out of the successful Channel Four series produced by Television History Workshop What the papers said about the programmes: 'Vivid detail...fascinating...' - Sunday Telegraph 'Unusual and interesting approach...rich televisual history...' - Guardian 'Impressive' - Time Out 'Worth more than a dozen professors' - New Society 'The appeal of the programme lies in the faith and wj|j integrity which it attaches to popular memory' - City Limits Vjj Making Cars is a history of car making at the giant Morris Motors and Pressed Steel factories at Cowley, Oxford. The book is the result of a pioneering experiment in making history. The car makers were invited into a 'history shop' in the centre of Cowley to share their memories, record their stories, and bring along photographs and other mementos of a life making cars. Out of their experiences came the television documentary series Making Cars shown on Channel Four. Making Cars gives a unicfue insight into the inner workings of the British economy in the twentieth century. The car makers of Cowley teli many stories: of the growth and collapse of big companies; of the work and the way it has changed; of the skills they have learned and lost; of the struggle to organise and maintain the unión; of important changes in organisation and management. Above all it is a story of the satisfactions, the frustrations, the tragedies and the camaraderie of Making Cars. Vissza