1. Cultural Impacts of the American Automobile: 1946-1974
... 1973 Arab Oil Embargo, would deal a fatal blow to driver's wallets and subsequently the cars and the culture they had shaped. The Rise of the Automobile An obvious but central component of the impact of the automobile on American culture was the drastic increase in car production. At the close of World War II, "domestic production of automobiles had been virtually ... both instruct these new drivers and hopefully limit the number of accidents. Although some of these programs had been around for some time, safety began to emerge as an important component of the course in the early 1940's...
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