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Occupational Position and Automobile Ownership in 1930s Austria

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ID10248637
AuthorsVerena Pawlowsky (Freelance historian, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume34
Issue2
Pages177-195
Publication date2013-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Transport History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-5266 • E-ISSN: 1759-3999
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7227/tjth.34.2.6
OpenAlexW2081744169
LanguageEN
Citations received1

The possession of an automobile prior to the Second World War was still an elite phenomenon, and the number of registered automobiles was low. Europe was no exception, especially Austria. Unusually detailed numerical vehicle registration data nevertheless show the growing importance of motorists as a target for motor vehicle advertising and as objects of official statistics in the 1930s. The paper uses the information to examine the affordability of automobility at that period of transition, automobile sales strategies and the use made of cars by Austrians in different occupations

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