commentary by Michael L. Bromley
copyright 2007

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Bromley's Publications

Books:

Constitution's Bodyguard:
 William Howard Taft and the Defense of Constitutionalism

work in progress, 2006 (see article, The Constitution's Bodyguard)

William Howard Taft and the First Motoring Presidency
(McFarland), 2003

Stretching It: The Story of the Limousine
(SAE), 2002


Magazine Articles & Conference Papers:

American Motoring: Motoring Through the 1970s
Automobile Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 3, Third Quarter 2006

American Motoring: Motoring Through the '40s
Automobile Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 2, Second Quarter 2006

Classic Era: Motoring Through the Depression
Automobile Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 1, First Quarter, 2006

The Socialization of the Automobile
 in Satire in the Early Motor Age

presented at the American Historical Association
Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Jan. 7, 2006

Giving Exit 7a A Chance:
The Turnpike is Coming Your Way

Society of Automotive Historians Journal, Jan/2006

American Automotive Resilience:
During the Great War Years

Automobile Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 4, Fourth Quarter, 2005

The Constitution's Bodyguard
as presented to the 2004 Woodrow Wilson National Symposium
at Staunton, Virginia

The Motor Bandits: Cars, Crimes and Philosophy
Society of Automotive Historians Journal, Issue 212, Sep-Oct/2004

Of Service & Style: Chauffeuring, and Carey Cadillac
Automobile Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 2, Second Quarter, 2004

Early Automobiles and Airplanes: The Cultural Lag
Automotive History Review (SAH), No. 42, Fall 2004

Of Politics and Automobiles: The Cars of President Taft
Automobile Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 2, 2003

Scorching Through 1902: "The Automobile Terror"
in Automotive History Review, 2003

The Great Pierce-Arrow & the Big White House in The Arrow
(Pierce-Arrow Society), 2003

 

Other articles, noteworthy, privately published, and/or miscellany

Bromley book reviews:

A Critical Look at the Standard History of the Early Automobile:
Bromley on James J. Flink's 1970 book, America Adopts the Automobile, 1895-1910

Henry Ford, Doug Brinkley, and Historical Fantasy:
Bromley on Douglas Brinkley's book, Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress (2003)

 

 
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