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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821047903321

Autore

Gutfreund Owen D. <1963->

Titolo

Twentieth century sprawl : highways and the reshaping of the American Landscape / / Owen D. Gutfreund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-19-771746-2

0-19-988163-4

1-280-48164-1

0-19-530264-8

0-19-803242-0

1-60256-883-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

307.76/0973

Soggetti

Cities and towns - United States - Growth - History - 20th century

Interstate Highway System - History - 20th century

Roads - Government policy - United States - History - 20th century

Transportation, Automotive - United States - History - 20th century

Middlebury (Vt. : Town) History 20th century

Smyrna (Rutherford County, Tenn.) History 20th century

Denver (Colo.) History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations, Figures, and Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; ONE: Highway Federalism; TWO: Denver Meets the Automobile; THREE: The Decentralization of Post-World War II Denver; FOUR: Automobiles and a Small Town; FIVE: Bridges, Bypasses, and Boulevards; SIX: AutoCity: Smyrna, Tennessee; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A groundbreaking study of how urban sprawl changed the face of the cities & towns in America.