“By the end of the twentieth century, the automobile helped transform that century in ways that might have been difficult for those at the beginning of that century to imagine. . . . Yet, there seems to be something of a serious case of ‘autophobia’ within the hallowed groves of academe. . . . In essence, this has led to much of the work and interest in the history and the cultural aspects of the automobile being essentially ‘contracted out’ to those dwelling outside those hallowed groves, if you will.”
—H. Donald Capps, SAH Journal (2020)
RE:SOURCES
- Capps, H. Donald; 2020. “President’s Perspective.” SAH Journal (membership required). May/June issue, No. 304: p. 3.
Also see ‘Wheel spinning happens when car buffs and scholarly historians don’t collaborate’
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