Author: Jean Labatut
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780666289315
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Excerpt from Highways in Our National Life: A Symposium Even so, complete coverage of topics relating to highways has not been obtained. The most obvious omission is that pertaining to military aspects. This gap has arisen from the inability of the editors to find authors both competent and willing to discuss them. Thus the reader will find no mention of Vauban or Haussmann, no ac count of Hitler's autobahnen, nor any discussion of the role of American highways in national defense, interesting as that last topic would have been for inclusion. Although many of the contributors have examined the essays of others, as befits the nature of a symposium, the reader will find on occasion some slight overlapping within each general section. This is, in the editors' Opinion, not only inevitable but desirable, since each essay is considered as a whole and can be read without ref erence to others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Highways in Our National Life
Author: Jean Labatut
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Highways in our national life
Author: Jean Labatut
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Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Category : Roads
Languages : en
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Highways in Our National Life; a Symposium
Author: Jean Labatut
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021473608
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Highways in Our National Life is a fascinating collection of essays on the history and significance of the American highway system. Featuring contributions from some of the most influential writers and thinkers of the mid-20th century, including Lewis Mumford and Frank Lloyd Wright, this symposium provides a comprehensive overview of the social, economic, and cultural impact of the automobile and the highway on American life. This book is essential reading for anybody interested in the history of transportation and urban development in the United States. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021473608
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Highways in Our National Life is a fascinating collection of essays on the history and significance of the American highway system. Featuring contributions from some of the most influential writers and thinkers of the mid-20th century, including Lewis Mumford and Frank Lloyd Wright, this symposium provides a comprehensive overview of the social, economic, and cultural impact of the automobile and the highway on American life. This book is essential reading for anybody interested in the history of transportation and urban development in the United States. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Divided Highways
Author: Tom Lewis
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780140267716
Category : Interstate Highway System
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Divided Highways, Tom Lewis tells the monumental story of the largest engineered structure ever built: the Interstate Highway System. Here is one of the great untold tales of American enterprise, recounted entirely through the stories of the human beings who thought up, mapped out, poured, paved - and tried to stop - the Interstates. Conceived and spearheaded by Thomas "the Chief" MacDonald, the iron-willed bureaucrat from the muddy farmlands of Iowa who rose to unrivaled power, the highway system was propelled forward through the pathbreaking efforts of brilliant engineers, argued over by politicians of every ideological and moral stripe, reviled by the citizens whose lives it devastated, and lauded as the greatest public works project in U.S. history.
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780140267716
Category : Interstate Highway System
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Divided Highways, Tom Lewis tells the monumental story of the largest engineered structure ever built: the Interstate Highway System. Here is one of the great untold tales of American enterprise, recounted entirely through the stories of the human beings who thought up, mapped out, poured, paved - and tried to stop - the Interstates. Conceived and spearheaded by Thomas "the Chief" MacDonald, the iron-willed bureaucrat from the muddy farmlands of Iowa who rose to unrivaled power, the highway system was propelled forward through the pathbreaking efforts of brilliant engineers, argued over by politicians of every ideological and moral stripe, reviled by the citizens whose lives it devastated, and lauded as the greatest public works project in U.S. history.
HIGHWAYS IN OUR NATIONAL LIFE- PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM.
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Highways in Our National Life; a Symposium, Edited by Jean Labatut and Wheaton J. Lane
Author: Princeton University. Bureau of Urban Research
Publisher: Princeton, Princeton University Press
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Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Publisher: Princeton, Princeton University Press
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Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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The Best Investment a Nation Ever Made
Author: Wendell Cox
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788141864
Category : Express highways
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Without a first class system of interstate highways, life in America would be far different -- it would be more risky, less prosperous, & lacking in the efficiency & comfort that Americans now enjoy & take for granted. The Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate & Defense Highways, in place & celebrating its 40th anniversary, must surely be the best investment a nation ever made. Consider this: it has saved the lives of at least 187,000 people; it has prevented injuries to nearly 12 million people; it has returned more that $6 in economic productivity for each $1 it cost, & much more. Photos. Charts & tables.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788141864
Category : Express highways
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Without a first class system of interstate highways, life in America would be far different -- it would be more risky, less prosperous, & lacking in the efficiency & comfort that Americans now enjoy & take for granted. The Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate & Defense Highways, in place & celebrating its 40th anniversary, must surely be the best investment a nation ever made. Consider this: it has saved the lives of at least 187,000 people; it has prevented injuries to nearly 12 million people; it has returned more that $6 in economic productivity for each $1 it cost, & much more. Photos. Charts & tables.
Highways in Our National Life; A Symposium, Edited by Jean Labatut and Wheaton J. Lane
Author: Jean Labatut
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Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Highways in Our National Life
Author: Jean Labatut
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Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Pages : 506
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Highways and Agricultural Engineering, Current Literature
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Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 654
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Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 654
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