Book ID: CBB000774891

Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City (2008)

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Norton, Peter D. (Author)


MIT Press


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: ix + 396 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On the social transformation of the city streets between the 1910s and 1930s that resulted in the automobile's nearly exclusive dominance.


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Review Epperson, Bruce (2009) Review of "Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City". Technology and Culture (p. 235). unapi

Review Heitmann, John A. (2009) Review of "Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 426). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Lundin, Per
Annika Levels
Joe Weber
Wachs, Martin
Crawford, Margaret
Zylstra, Geoff D.
Journals
Technology and Culture
The Journal of Transport History
Twentieth-Century British History
Journal of Historical Geography
Comparative Technology Transfer and Society
Publishers
University of Washington Press
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
University of Texas Press
University of Pennsylvania Press
University of Michigan Press
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Automobiles
Technology and society
Urban history
Urban planning
Roads and highways
Technology
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
New York City (New York, U.S.)
Sweden
Germany
Great Britain
Toronto (Ontario)
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