Monopoly On Wheels: Henry Ford And The Selden Automobile Patent

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Monopoly On Wheels: Henry Ford And The Selden Automobile PatentISBN13:9780814335123ISBN10:0814335128Author:Greenleaf, William (Author), Lewis, David L. (Introduction by)Description:Examines The Eight-Year Legal Fight To Overturn The Selden Automobile Patent In The Early Days Of The American Auto Industry In 1895, Visionary Rochester, New York, Attorney George B Selden Was Granted A Patent For A Road-Carriage That He Had Designed But Not Built In Anticipation Of A Burgeoning American Auto Industry, Selden Had Filed A Series Of Amendments To His Application, Delaying The Process For Sixteen Years In Order To Stretch His Claim Out As Long As Possible As A Result, The Selden Patent Covered All Gasoline-Powered Vehicles Designed Since 1879 And Manufactured, Sold, Or Used In The United States During A Seventeen-Year Period Ending In 1912 Selden's Ally, The Association Of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers, Granted Licenses And Collected Royalties On Cars Made By Other Manufacturers Until 1903, When The Patent Was Challenged By A Coalition Of Automakers Led By Henry Ford In This Classic Study Of The Selden Patent Case, Author William Greenleaf Argues That Ford's Defiance Of The Patent Was Considered Heroic And That His Victory In Court After A Contentious Eight-Year Trade War Was Historic Based On Greenleaf's Extensive Research In The Ford Corporate Archives, Monopoly On Wheels Shows That The Real Issue At Stake In The Selden Patent Case Was The Democratization Of The Automobile As A Mass-Produced, Low-Priced Commodity As Opposed To Its Former Status As The Exclusive Property Of The Wealthy Elite Greenleaf Shows That The Suit Was A Foundation Stone, Along With The Model T, Mass Production Methods, And The Five-Dollar Day, Upon Which Ford's Reputation As A Rugged Individualist Was Built Greenleaf Also Investigates Implications That The Legal Battle Had Beyond The Auto Industry For Inventions, Patents, And Technological Progress In General Monopoly On Wheels Vividly Illustrates How The Selden Patent Battle Became A Landmark In The Social And Technological Revolution Of The Early Twentieth Century On The One-Hundredth Anniversary Of The Selden Patent Case And Fifty Years After It Was First Published, This Volume Will Be A Welcome Addition To Any Auto Historian's Library This Reprinted Edition Also Includes A New Introduction By David L Lewis Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Wayne State University PressPublication Date:2011-03-15Weight:1.16 lbsDimensions:0.81'' H x 9.04'' L x 6.1'' WNumber of Pages:330Language:English

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