[PDF.53xz] Divided Highways: Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life

Divided Highways: Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life

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 | #899642 in Books |  Cornell University Press |  2013-05-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.90 x1.10 x6.00l,1.25 | File type: PDF | 416 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting, but could have been more....|By R. Eckenrod|As a frequent traveler of them, I've always been fascinated by the American interstate highway system and its history: the sheer magnitude of the accomplishment to build them in the first place and the fascinating stories that accompany their construction. So it was with great interest that I purchased Divided Highways an| || "Anyone who has ever driven on a U.S. interstate highway or eaten at an exit-ramp McDonald's will come away from this book with a better understanding of what makes modern America what it is."―Chicago Tribune

| "A fascinating work . .

In Divided Highways, Tom Lewis offers an encompassing account of highway development in the United States. In the early twentieth century Congress created the Bureau of Public Roads to improve roads and the lives of rural Americans. The Bureau was the forerunner of the Interstate Highway System of 1956, which promoted a technocratic approach to modern road building sometimes at the expense of individual lives, regional characteristics, and the landscape. With...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Divided Highways: Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life   |  Tom Lewis. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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