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c o n t e n t s Acknowledgments vii Introduction Technology’s Middle Ground 1 1 The Problem with Chauffeur-Mechanics 13 2 Ad Hoc Mechanics 31 3 Creating New Mechanics 53 4 The Automobile in Public Education 76 5 Tinkering with Sociotechnical Hierarchies 99 6 Suburban Paradox: Maintaining Automobility in the Postwar Decades 115 7 “Check Engine”: Technology of Distrust 138 Conclusion Servants or Savants? Revaluing the Middle Ground 170 Notes 179 Essay on Sources 235 Index 243 Illustrations follow page 98 This page intentionally left blank ...

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