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About the Center
Created in the year 2000, the Center for the Study of Automotive Heritage is intended to be a locus of research and an active site for labor, business and public policy discussions about the history of the automobile and the automotive industry. The focus of the Center can be defined in terms of the following key dimensions of inquiry: material culture and automobile design; economic and social history of automotive production; the social history of advertising and consumption; and the global impact of the automobile. Faculty and students at the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus as well as other scholars will be able to use the Center and, in the near future, the archives of the Henry Ford Estate to conduct research and to launch their own investigation into the impact that the automobile has had on virtually every aspect of modern life. Located within the Henry Ford Estate on the grounds of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, the Center serves as a visible linkage between the academic programs offered through the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters and the interpretive activities that take place at the Estate.
Updated February 17, 2004
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