دانلود کتاب A History of General Motors

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Front Cover Front Flap Half Title Page ISBN 0-8317-4480-4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTENTS BUICK DIVISION FROM CARTS TO CARS THE PLUMBER AND THE ENGINEERS ENTER DURANT ONWARD AND UPWARD LIFE WITH GM MEMORABLE BUICKS WALTER CHRYSLER BUICKS A FAR THE CREATION OF GENERAL MOTORS THE CONSPIRATORS THE ALTERNATE ROUTE GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY OLDSMOBILE DIVISION A RUNABOUT AND SPEED AN ERA OF CHANGE THE NEW DECADE READY TO GO CADILLAC DIVISION LELAND THE MAKER OF GREAT PRECISION THE ERA OF AWARDS DOLLARS AND DESIGNS IN WITH THE NEW TOWARD THE FUTURE LASALLE SLIPPING AND SLIDING BUY, BUY AGAIN THE TRUST THAT NEVER WAS A SINKING FEELING DURANT'S OUSTER THE INTERREGNUM A POINT OF BALANCE GMC TRUCK DIVISION THE FIRST GMC TRUCK GM BUSES YELLOW CAB BRUTE POWER BUS DESIGNS CHEVROLET DIVISION EXPANSION THE 490 ERA GAINING GROUND TAKING ON FORD HURRY UP KNUDSEN AHEAD IN VALUE NUMBER ONE A COUNTER-COUP THE MAIN CHANCE BACK IN THE SADDLE SLOAN AND KETTERING GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION THE MIRE FRIGIDAIRE BEHIND THE PLOW CHEVROLET COMES IN GM OF CANADA MCLAUGHLIN-BUICKS CHEVROLETS GM OF CANADA MARK OF QUALITY NEW HORIZONS GM OF CANADA, LTD THE ADVENT OF C-P-C AT THE EDGE OF THE CENTURY GROWING PAINS GM WORLD HEADQUARTERS BODY BY FISHER BOOM TIME THE ONE-MAN SHOW STOCK TO THE SLAUGHTER A TENTATIVE PLAN RECESSION AND RUIN DURANT'S DEPARTURE A NEW ERA SLOAN'S PLAN CARS, NO CASH PRICE CUTS PRICING POLICY THE AIR-COOLED NIGHTMARE SLOAN TAKES OVER GOLDEN HANDCUFFS SLOAN IN COMMAND STANDARD VOLUME THE MODERN CORPORATION BATTLE PLANS PONTIAC DIVISION THE PONTIAC OAKLAND THE COMING THING PONTIAC MOTOR COMPANY THE FORTIES NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD RINGING CHANGES HARLEY EARL MARKET SUCCESS DECADE'S END GM OVERSEAS GM- HOLDEN'S AUTOMOTIVE LTD AUSTRALIA'S OWN GM-HOLDEN'S EXPORT MARKET DOMINANCE THE SIXTIES THE NEW DECADE INTO THE EIGHTIES BATTLE RENEWED WITHIN GM VAUXHALL MOTORS LTD OFF AND RUNNING A GM DEAL A NEW CAR BEDFORD TRUCK AND BUS EVER AHEAD WORLD WAR II POST-WAR DESIGN PROBLEMS VICTOR, VISCOUNT, VIVA UPS AND DOWNS THE EIGHTIES ADAM OPEL AG A MARKET LEADER MASS PRODUCTION EUROPEAN LEADER WORLD WAR II NEW BEGINNING BACK ON TOP THE EIGHTIES GM'S UNSTABLE THIRTIES SIZE AND SURVIVAL AIRCRAFT AND AIRLINES DIESELS THE MAIN BUSINESS GM BANKING THE NEW DEAL THE ANNUAL MODEL CHANGE CHEVROLET HARLOW CURTICE A RISING ECONOMY LABOR UNREST GM AND UAW A NEW ORDER HYDRA-MATIC RECESSION ON TRIAL DECADE'S END ELECTRO-MOTIVE DIVISION ELECTRO-MOTIVE IN THE BUSINESS THAT FAMOUS FACE DIESEL SUPERIORITY NEW MODELS DIESELS TRIUMPHANT GPS AND SDS THE DASH-2S A NEWER BREED ELECTRICS EMD ON TOP THE WORLD WAR II ERA GATHERING CLOUDS DARK HOURS EMPIRE BUILDER WAR PRODUCTION POSTWAR GM TO SAVE FORD WILSON RISES CHANGING TIMES THE AGE OF HIGHWAYS CAR DEALER SYNDROME THE FINS AND CHROME FIFTIES GMAC ANTITRUST THE HIGHWAYS ARE COMING GM HEAVY EQUIPMENT THE DEFENSE BUSINESS CURTICE COMES IN FINS AND CHROME BUICK OLDSMOBILE CADILLAC GMC CHEVROLET PONTIAC FEDERAL HEARINGS MOTORAMA SITTING PRETTY SENATE HEARINGS THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD CARMEN, ACCOUNTANTS GM SNEEZES A NEW REGIME SAFETY, HOT RODS AND REGULATION PUBLIC OUTCRY NADER RAIDS GM SAFETY WINS THE DAY MUSCLE CARS BUICK OLDSMOBILE CADILLAC GMC CHEVROLET PONTIAC POLLUTION CONTROL GMAD SMALL CARS RACIAL ISSUES THE SEVENTIES VEGA BLUES ACCOUNTANTS WIN THE IMPORTS RECORD PROFITS OPEC OIL EMBARGO DOWNSIZING X-CARS BUICK OLDSMOBILE CADILLAC GMC CHEVROLET PONTIAC BIG CARS, SMALL CARS THE PITS GM RESURGENT FUEL ECONOMY QUALIFIED RECOVERY THROUGH A CLASS, DARKLY LAST HURRAH THE REAGANOMIC EIGHTIES ROGER SMITH VINTAGE SMITH HIGH TECHNOLOGY BUICK OLDSMOBILE CADILLAC GMC CHEVROLET PONTIAC REAGANOMICS PRACTICAL APPLICATION EXPENDITURES AND EXPERIMENTS SATURN CORPORATION SATURN CORPORATION READY TO ROLL SATURN CARS REORGANIZATION AND BEYOND EDS AND H ROSS PEROT ASSIGNMENTS, INVESTMENTS BUYING HUGHES GMAC AND MORTGAGES NEW BUSINESS LOTUS THE RECKONING TURNABOUT GM TODAY LOOKING AHEAD INDEX PHOTO CREDITS BACK FLAP