Divided Highways : : Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life /

Divided Highways : : Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life / / Tom Lewis.

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"Anyone who has ever driven on a U.S. interstate highway or eaten at an exit-ramp McDonald’s will come away from this book with a better understanding of what makes modern America what it is." – Chicago Tribune"A fascinating work. with a subject central to contemporary life but to whi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Lewis, Tom,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Updated Edition
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.) :; 17 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Cornell Edition
  • Preface: A Space Filled with Moving
  • PART 1
  • 1. The Chief
  • 2. Mastering Nature
  • 3. The Dreamway
  • 4. The GI and the General
  • PART 2
  • 5. A Grand Plan
  • 6. The Great Puzzle
  • 7. Lines of Desire
  • PART 3
  • 8. Revolt
  • 9. Rusting the Trust
  • 10. New Rules
  • 11. Continental Drift
  • 12. The Greatest of Improvements
  • 13. Buried Desires
  • Sources and Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Supplemental Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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