Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governmental investigations
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Disposition of Right-of-way Improvements in Florida
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governmental investigations
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governmental investigations
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives ...
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works
Publisher:
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Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 1726
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 1726
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Bulldozer
Author: Francesca Russello Ammon
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300220545
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Although the decades following World War II stand out as an era of rapid growth and construction in the United States, those years were equally significant for large-scale destruction. In order to clear space for new suburban tract housing, an ambitious system of interstate highways, and extensive urban renewal development, wrecking companies demolished buildings while earthmoving contractors leveled land at an unprecedented pace and scale. In this pioneering history, Francesca Russello Ammon explores how postwar America came to equate this destruction with progress. The bulldozer functioned as both the means and the metaphor for this work. As the machine transformed from a wartime weapon into an instrument of postwar planning, it helped realize a landscape-altering “culture of clearance.” In the hands of the military, planners, politicians, engineers, construction workers, and even children’s book authors, the bulldozer became an American icon. Yet social and environmental injustices emerged as clearance projects continued unabated. This awareness spurred environmental, preservationist, and citizen participation efforts that have helped to slow, though not entirely stop, the momentum of the postwar bulldozer.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300220545
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Although the decades following World War II stand out as an era of rapid growth and construction in the United States, those years were equally significant for large-scale destruction. In order to clear space for new suburban tract housing, an ambitious system of interstate highways, and extensive urban renewal development, wrecking companies demolished buildings while earthmoving contractors leveled land at an unprecedented pace and scale. In this pioneering history, Francesca Russello Ammon explores how postwar America came to equate this destruction with progress. The bulldozer functioned as both the means and the metaphor for this work. As the machine transformed from a wartime weapon into an instrument of postwar planning, it helped realize a landscape-altering “culture of clearance.” In the hands of the military, planners, politicians, engineers, construction workers, and even children’s book authors, the bulldozer became an American icon. Yet social and environmental injustices emerged as clearance projects continued unabated. This awareness spurred environmental, preservationist, and citizen participation efforts that have helped to slow, though not entirely stop, the momentum of the postwar bulldozer.
Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1392
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1392
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Right-of-way Acquisition Practices in Massachusetts
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 942
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 942
Book Description
Minutes of the Trustees Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida
Author: Florida. Trustees of Internal Improvement Fund
Publisher:
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Category : Drainage
Languages : en
Pages : 1494
Book Description
Includes also Financial statement.
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Category : Drainage
Languages : en
Pages : 1494
Book Description
Includes also Financial statement.
Legislative History
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works
Publisher:
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Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Reports and Documents
Author: United States. Congress
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1922
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1922
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Report
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1990
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1990
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Department Library
Author: United States. Department of the Interior. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 834
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