About our author Dr. James M. Rubenstein received his B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1970, M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1971, and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1975. He was professor of Geography at Miami University for 37 years, where he taught urban and human geography. Dr. Rubenstein is now a full-time writer. In addition to this book, Dr. Rubenstein is the author of Contemporary Human Geography (5th edition) as well as co-author of Introduction to Contemporary Geography, both published by Pearson Education. He also conducts research in the automotive industry and has published four books on the subject— on the subject—The Changing U.S. Auto Industry: A Geographical Analysis (Routledge); Making and Selling Cars: Innovation and Change in the U.S. Auto Industry (The Johns Hopkins University Press); A Profile of the Automobile and Motor Vehicle Industry: Innovation, Transformation, Globalization (Business Expert Press); and Who Really Made Your Car? Restructuring and Geographic Change in the Auto Industry (W.E. Upjohn Institute, with Thomas Klier). He also writes a weekly column about local food for The Oxford Press. Winston, a lab-husky mix with one brown eye and one blue eye, took Dr. Rubenstein for long walks in the woods most days for 15 years. Sadly, Winston passed away at age 15 a few months before the completion of this book.

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