HST 344
Test 2 Essay Question, on Heitmann and Morales, Stealing Cars: Technology and Society from
the Model T to Gran Torino.
Answer ONE of the following:
1.
Briefly discuss the evolution of anti-theft
deterrents (the technology employed) from the earliest days of the automobile
to the present and some of the ways in which thieves overcame these measures.
In sum, are people just too smart to ever be fully deterred from committing
this crime, if motivated?
2.
The power of the automobile in historical work
is in its linking value to life far beyond it as a chunk of metal. In what ways
does the topic of car theft reflect American society? Make sure to discuss joyriders,
professionals, and the problem with the border to Mexico. Being as specific as
you can, why did people steal cars?
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