02479nam 2200577 a 450 991081363300332120200520144314.00-8214-4254-6(CKB)2440000000014102(SSID)ssj0000378777(PQKBManifestationID)11258883(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000378777(PQKBWorkID)10351997(PQKB)10351144(MiAaPQ)EBC3026957(Au-PeEL)EBL3026957(CaPaEBR)ebr10246277(OCoLC)646761752(EXLCZ)99244000000001410220080108d2008 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe world beyond the windshield roads and landscapes in the United States and Europe /edited by Christof Mauch and Thomas Zeller ; foreword by David E. Nye1st ed.Athens, Ohio Ohio University Press ;Stuttgart Franz Steiner Verlagc20081 online resource (xv, 283 pages) illustrations, mapBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8214-1767-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-270) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ONE: Driving Cultures and the Meaning of Roads -- TWO: The Rise and Decline of the American Parkway -- THREE: The Scenic Is Political -- FOUR: "A Feeling Almost beyond Description" -- FIVE: "Neon, Junk, and Ruined Landscape" -- SIX: A Rough Modernization -- SEVEN: Building and Rebuilding the Landscape of the Autobahn, 1930-70 -- EIGHT: Socialist Highways? -- NINE: "'Beautified' Is a Vile Phrase" -- TEN: Physical and Social Constructions of the Capital Beltway -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index.Roadside improvementUnited StatesRoadside improvementEuropeScenic bywaysUnited StatesScenic bywaysEuropeRoadside improvementRoadside improvementScenic bywaysScenic byways713.0973Mauch Christof886001Zeller Thomas1966-886002MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813633003321The world beyond the windshield3996315UNINA