First book on the geography of the US automobile industry which is an important subject - `when General Motors sneezes, America catches a cold.'

US automobile industry is in a state of flux - this book actually predicted where a lot of the most recent plant closures were going to be

Discusses topical issues in the industry - such as - `just-in-time' production techniques, flexible specialisation and the threat of the Japanese

Rubenstein is the author of the best selling human geography text in America