Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back

University of California Press, 1998. First Paperback Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Stated First Paperback Printing 1998. Soft cover in very good condition with only ghost of shelf wear to the colorful wraps. Former owner's name, place, & date on verso of front wrap and his initial stamp at top of half-title page in red ink. Otherwise interior text block clean & tight; no markings, no other writing noted. Black & white photographs throughout. Concludes with Notes to Chapters, Bibliography, and an extensive Index. 418 numbered pages. * From summary on back, "". . .a powerful examination of how the automobile has ravaged America's cities and landscape over the past 100 years, together with a compelling strategy for reversing our automobile-dependence. . . .provides a history of the rapid spread of the automobile and documents the huge subsidies commanded by the highway lobby, to the detriment of once-efficient forms of mass transportation. Demonstrating that there are economic, political, architectural, and personal solutions to the problem, she shows that radical change is entirely possible.""