similarities (continued )

horse-automobile, 85–113, 128–133

warhorse-jeep, 167–175, 180–190, 192–195

skeuomorphism, 10, 34, 234, 252

snake in the grass (Belly Flopper), 175

social construction of technological necessity, 9

Social Construction of Technology (SCOT), 11–19, 38, 77

social constructivism, 19–20

social groups, 3, 8, 11–19, 23, 38, 77–78, 86

speed limitsSee also traffic laws, 33, 78–79

stables, automobile (garages), 133

standardization

in automobile designs, styles, and classes, 29, 84–86

in horse training, 157

of jeeps, 174, 182–185, 206–207n175

steam-powered cars and engines, 9, 11, 56, 59–60, 75, 79, 101, 106, 112

Stirling, David, 151, 187–190, 207n178

stories. See humor

Stotsenberg, John M., 214–215

surplus, wartime, 213–214, 224, 226, 228, 230–231

Tarr, Joel, 82, 132

technicians, men as, 23

technological change

actor-network theory on, 18

in artifacts, 8, 254

in communication studies, 37

technological change (continued )

in gender studies, 22, 24

by social groups, 11–16

technological diffusion. See diffusion: general theories on automotive

technological diversity, 8, 11, 27, 84

technological evolution, 8–11

technological frames, 13–14, 16

Torres, Emmanuel, 212

traffic laws

enforcement of, 74–77

escaping from, 63–64

examples of, 54, 78–79, 176

fugitives of, 71–77

speed limits of, 33, 78–79

writer of, 63

trains copying horse-drawn carriages, 33–34, 252

Trocco, Frank, 19

U.S. Cavalry

1st regiment, 152, 167, 174

2nd regiment, 159–160

6th regiment, 179–182

26th regiment (Philippine Scouts), 225–226

aggressive and offensive style of, 154–155, 160, 172–173, 181

bantam testing by, 175–177

beginnings of, 153

British Cavalry compared with, 158

Chiefs of, 160, 162, 164, 167, 174

combat and cavalry cars of, 153, 253, 167, 169–171, 173–174, 181

controversy in, 152–153

elite status of, 158–159, 167