|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|