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Bulldozer. Demolition and clearance of the postwar landscape /
Although the decades following World War II stand out as an era of rapid growth and construction in the United States, those years were equally significant for large-scale destruction. In order to clear space for new suburban tract housing, an ambitious system of interstate highways, and extensive u...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part one. Bulldozers at war. "A dirt moving war" : engineers and Seabees as World War II heroes
- Prime movers : equipment manufacturers prepare for postwar prosperity
- Part two. Bulldozers at work. Grading groves and moving mountains : suburban land clearance in Orange County, California
- "Armies of bulldozers smashing down acres of slums" : urban renewal demolition in New Haven, Connecticut
- "The intricate blending of brains and brawn" : engineering the postwar highway boom
- Part three. Bulldozers of the mind. Unearthing "Benny the Bulldozer" : children's books and tonka trucks
- Bulldozers as paintbrushes : earthworks and building cats in conceptual art
- Toward a culture of conservation.