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02699aam a2200421 i 4500 001 E0C246F86B5611E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 131113s2014 mdua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2013032111 020 $a 1421412985 (electronic) 020 $a 9781421412986 (electronic) 020 $a 1421412977 (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781421412979 (hardcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)863196502 040 $a PSt/DLC $b eng $e rda $c UPM $d DLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d CWJ $d EEX $d CDX $d YUS $d NLGGC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HV6658 H45 2014 100 1 $a Heitmann, John Alfred. 245 10 $a Stealing cars : $b technology & society from the Model T to the Gran Torino / $c John A. Heitmann & Rebecca H. Morales. 246 3 $a Stealing cars, technology and society from the Model T to the Gran Torino 264 1 $a Baltimore : $b Johns Hopkins University Press, $c 2014. 300 $a ix, 216 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "As early as 1910 Americans recognized that cars were easy to steal and, once stolen, hard to find. A car was its own getaway vehicle, and cars looked much alike. Model styles and colors eventually changed, and so did the means of making a stolen car disappear. Though changing license plates and serial numbers remain basic procedure, thieves have created highly sophisticated networks to disassemble stolen vehicles, distribute the parts, and/or ship the altered cars out of the country. Stealing cars naturally has become as technologically advanced as the cars themselves"-Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Park at your own risk -- "Stop, thief!" -- Juvenile delinquents, hardened criminals, and ineffectual technological solutions -- From the personal garage to the surveillance society -- Car theft in the electronic and digital age -- Mexico, the U.S., and international auto theft -- The recent past -- Conclusion stealing the American dream -- Appendix A: Various U.S. automobile theft crime reports and surveys, 1924-2010 -- Appendix B: Tables. 650 0 $a Automobile theft $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Automobile theft $z United States $x Prevention. 650 0 $a Automobiles $x Technological innovations. 650 0 $a Automobile thieves $z United States. 650 0 $a Grand Theft Auto games $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Automobile theft $z Mexican-American Border Region. 700 1 $a Morales, Rebecca. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826110008.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E0C246F86B5611E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search