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Twentieth-century sprawl : highways and the reshaping of the American Landscape
- Author / Creator
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- Online
- Summary
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A groundbreaking study of how urban sprawl changed the face of the cities & towns in America.
Details
- Creator
- Owen D. Gutfreund
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (316 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9780197717462, 0197717462, 9780199881635, 0199881634, 9781280481642, 1280481641, 9780195302646, 0195302648, 9780198032427, 0198032420, 9781602568839, 1602568839, 0195189078, 0195141415
- OCLC
- ocn191038638, ocm58991568, on1406782850
- Previously issued in print: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Contents; List of Illustrations, Figures, and Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; ONE: Highway Federalism; TWO: Denver Meets the Automobile; THREE: The Decentralization of Post-World War II Denver; FOUR: Automobiles and a Small Town; FIVE: Bridges, Bypasses, and Boulevards; SIX: AutoCity: Smyrna, Tennessee; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Subjects
- Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies.
- Interstate Highway System -- History -- 20th century.
- Roads -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Transportation, Automotive -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Middlebury (Vt. : Town) -- History -- 20th century.
- Smyrna (Rutherford County, Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century.
- Denver (Colo.) -- History -- 20th century.