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Taken for a Ride
Detroit's Big Three and the Politics of Pollution
by Jack Doyle
ISBN: 1568581475
ISBN-13: 9781568581477
Format: Paperback
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Basic Books
Published date: 2000
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 1.65 pounds
Pages: 560
Publisher's Notes
Smog was discovered in the 1950s, thus began fifty years of bobbing and weaving by the Big Three General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler to avoid responsibility for and development of clean air technology....Jack Doyle documents a sordid tale of delay, missed opportunities, and serious environmental culpability. As SUVs and global warming loom equally large in our future, TAKEN FOR A RIDE takes the car industry to task.
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Taken for a Ride: Detroit's Big Three and the Politics of Air Pollution
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[ Edition: first ]. Good Condition. Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows Pub Date: 1/15/2000 Binding: Paperback Pages: 560 [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] ( more information) Offered by BookHolders (United States)
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NY: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2000. (1st printing). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean, faint curl. "Detroit's big three and the politics of pollution." ISBN: 1568581475. ( more information) Offered by Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (United States)
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