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The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways
de Swift, Earl
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Like New/Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0618812415
- ISBN 13
- 9780618812417
- Librería
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Not price-clipped ($27.00 price intact). Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. Octavo. Blue cloth over red boards stamped in silver with illustrated endpapers. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear. 372 pages. ISBN: 9780618812417. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Sinopsis
“Travelers hitting the highways this summer might better appreciate the asphalt beneath their tires thanks to this engrossing history of the creation of the U.S. interstate system.”— Los Angeles Times Perhaps nothing changed the face of America more than the creation of the interstate system. At once man-made wonders, economic pipelines, agents of sprawl, and uniquely American sirens of escape, the interstates snake into every aspect of modern life. The Big Roads documents their historic creation and the many people they’ve affected, from the speed demon who inspired a primitive web of dirt auto trails, to the cadre of largely forgotten technocrats who planned the system years before Ike reached the White House, to the thousands of city dwellers who resisted the concrete juggernaut when it bore down on their neighborhoods. The Big Roads tells the story of this essential feature of the landscape we have come to take for granted. With a view toward players both great and small, Swift gives readers the full story of one of America’s greatest engineering achievements. “Engaging, informative . . . The first thorough history of the expressway system.”—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post “The book is a road geek’s treasure—and everyone who travels the highways ought to know these stories.”— Kirkus Reviews
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- Librería
- Southampton Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 156861
- Título
- The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways
- Autor
- Swift, Earl
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Like New
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618812415
- ISBN 13
- 9780618812417
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 2011
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