This MQP essay investigates the evolutionary beginnings of motor transport, particularly the truck, on the western front during WWI. An analysis of the British and American experiences with motor transport -- using George Basalla's theory of technological evolution to explain changes in truck features and organization that occurred during the war -- demonstrates the gradual and problematic nature of military motorization during WWI, and details the way in which motor transport coexisted with other forms of land-based transportation.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Quitadamo, Richard Paul

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 00D271M

Advisor

• Parkinson, E. Malcolm

Year

• 2000

Date created

• 2000-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Humanities & Arts

Rights statement

• In Copyright