Mass Motorization and Mass Transit : An American History and Policy Analysis /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jones, David W., 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Transportation, Automotive > Government policy > United States > History.
Transportation, Automotive > United States > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Motorization in the United States and other industrial nations
  • Transit's American history, 1880-1929
  • The Great Depression and the New Deal : a pivotal epoch in U.S. transportation history
  • World War II and its immediate aftermath : the end of the streetcar era and the beginnings of the freeway era
  • The interstate and pervasive motorization, 1956-'80
  • Transit's conversion to public ownership
  • U.S. motorization since the OPEC embargo
  • The competitive difficulties of the U.S. automakers
  • Evolving challenges in an evolved environment
  • The changing valance of U.S. motorization
  • The road to sustainable motorization
  • Motorization and sustainability : history and prospect.

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