Fighting traffic : the dawn of the motor age in the American city /
In 'Fighting Traffic', Peter Norton argues that to accommodate automobiles, the American city required not only a physical change, but also a social one - before the city could be restructured for the sake of motorists, its streets had to be socially reconstructed as a place where motorist...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
[2008]
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| Series: | Inside technology.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Table of contents |
| Summary: | In 'Fighting Traffic', Peter Norton argues that to accommodate automobiles, the American city required not only a physical change, but also a social one - before the city could be restructured for the sake of motorists, its streets had to be socially reconstructed as a place where motorists belonged. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-381) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780262141000 0262141000 |