Che's Chevrolet, Fidel's Oldsmobile : on the road in Cuba / by Richard Schweid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schweid, Richard, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobiles--Cuba.

Automobiles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Vintage U.S.-made cars on the streets of Havana provide a common representation of Cuba. Journalist Richard Schweid, who traveled throughout the island to research the story of motor vehicles in Cuba today and yesterday, gets behind the wheel and behind the stereotype in this colorful chronicle of cars, buses, and trucks. In his captivating, sometimes gritty, voice, Schweid blends previously untapped historical sources with his personal experiences, spinning a car-centered history of life on the island over the past century.Packard, Studebaker, Edsel, De Soto: cars long extinct in the

Contents:

Contents; Chapter 1. Locomobiles and Model T's; Chapter 2. Tudores and Fordores; Chapter 3. Buses and Trolleys; Chapter 4. 1957 Chevys; Chapter 5. Che's Chevy and Fidel's Olds; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-226) and index.

ISBN:

979-88-9313-146-8

979-88-908763-5-5

1-4696-0573-2

0-8078-8862-1

OCLC:

401377677