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Wells, Christopher W.

Car Country : An Environmental History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (465 pages) - Weyerhaeuser Environmental Bks. . - Weyerhaeuser Environmental Bks. .

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- PROLOGUE: A Car of One's Own -- PART I: Before the Automobile, 1880-1905 -- 1 Roads and Reformers -- PART II: Dawn of the Motor Age, 1895-1919 -- 2 Automotive Pioneers -- 3 Building for Traffic -- Photo Gallery One -- PART III: Creating Car Country, 1919-1941 -- 4 Motor-Age Geography -- 5 Fueling the Boom -- 6 The Paths Out of Town -- Photo Gallery Two -- PART IV: New Patterns, New Standards, New Landscapes, 1940-1960 -- 7 Suburban Nation -- EPILOGUE: Reaching for the Car Keys -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

ISBN: 9780295804477

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Automobiles -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- History.
Automobiles -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Transportation, Automotive -- United States -- History.
Urban transportation -- United States -- History.
City planning -- United States -- History.
Land use -- United States -- History.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: WEB

Dewey Class. No.: 388.3/420973