Car country : an environmental history /

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For most people in the United States, going almost anywhere begins with reaching for the car keys. This is true, the author of this book argues, because the United States is Car Country - a nation dominated by landscapes that are difficult, inconvenient, and often even unsafe to navigate by those wh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wells, Christopher W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2012]
Colección:Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
Temas:
Automobiles > Environmental aspects > United States > History.
Automobiles > Social aspects > United States > History.
Transportation, Automotive > United States > History.
Urban transportation > United States > History.
City planning > United States > History.
Land use > United States > History.
Automobiles > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis > Histoire.
Automobiles > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Transports routiers > États-Unis > Histoire.
Transports urbains > États-Unis > Histoire.
Utilisation du sol > États-Unis > Histoire.
TRANSPORTATION > Automotive > Pictorial.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Automobiles > Environmental aspects
Automobiles > Social aspects
City planning
Land use
Transportation, Automotive
Urban transportation
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Before the Automobile, 1880–1905. Roads and reformers
  • Dawn of the Motor Age, 1895–1919. Automotive pioneers ; Building for traffic
  • Creating Car Country, 1919–1941. Motor-age geography ; Fueling the boom ; The paths out of town
  • New Patterns, New Standards, New Landscapes, 1940–1960. Suburban nation.

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