The big roads : the untold story of the engineers, visionaries, and trailblazers who created the American superhighways
(Book)
Author
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
ISBN
9780618812417 (hardback), 0618812415 (hardback)
Physical Desc
375 pages : ill. ; 24 cm.
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Acton - Adult | 388.1 S977 | On Shelf |
Brookline - Adult | 388.1 Swift 2011 | On Shelf |
Concord - Adult | 388.1 Swift | On Shelf |
Framingham - Adult | 388.1 Swift | Checked Out |
Framingham State - Main | TE 23 S95 2012 | On Shelf |
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780618812417 (hardback), 0618812415 (hardback)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
A man-made wonder, a connective network, an economic force, a bringer of blight and sprawl and the possibility of escape--the U.S. interstate system transformed America. The Big Roads presents the surprising history of how we got from dirt tracks to expressways in the span of a single lifetime. From the turn-of-the-century car-racing entrepreneur who spurred the "Good Roads" movement, to the handful of driven engineers who conceived of the interstates and how they would work--years before President Eisenhower knew the plans existed--to the protests that erupted when the projects encountered people unwilling to be uprooted in the name of progress, Swift follows a winding route through the dreams, discoveries and protest that shaped these mighty roads, and shows how the interstates embody the wanderlust, grand scale, and conflicting notions of citizenship and progress that define America.--From publisher description.
Description
"A history of the planning, construction, and impact of the U.S. interstate highway system"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Swift, E. (2011). The big roads: the untold story of the engineers, visionaries, and trailblazers who created the American superhighways . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Swift, Earl, 1958-. 2011. The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Swift, Earl, 1958-. The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Swift, Earl. The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
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