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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816275603321

Autore

Wells Christopher W

Titolo

Car country [[electronic resource] ] : an environmental history / / Christopher W. Wells ; foreword by William Cronon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2012

ISBN

0-295-80447-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (465 p.)

Collana

Weyerhaeuser environmental books

Disciplina

388.3/420973

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Roads and reformers -- Automotive pioneers -- Building for traffic -- Motor-age geography -- Fueling the boom -- The paths out of town -- Suburban nation.