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Driving Europe : Building Europe on roads in the twentieth century.

This book discusses the intersection of Europe and roads. Today we can hardly imagine life without roads and the automobiles that use them to move around. The vast majority of movements in Europe takes place on the road. Travelers use the car to explore parts of the continent on their holidays and g...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schipper, Frank
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2009.
Colección:Technology and European History Series, 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Driving Europe; Foundation for the History of Technology & Aksant Academic Publishers Technology and European History Series; Acknowledgments; Table of contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Setting the stage
  • The dawn of the spirit of Geneva, 1898-1921; Chapter 3 Roads to Europe
  • Albert Thomas' European public works, 1929-1937; Chapter 4 Driving Europe
  • The League of Nations Road Committee, 1921-1938; Chapter 5 Setting the stage
  • The parade of organizations,1942-1953; Chapter 6 Roads to Europe
  • The E-road network,1950-2007.