The longest line on the map : the United States, the Pan-American Highway, and the quest to link the...
The longest line on the map : the United States, the Pan-American Highway, and the quest to link the...
The longest line on the map : the United States, the Pan-American Highway, and the quest to link the Americas / Eric Rutkow.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Scribner, [2019]
Call Numbers
G 2019/0981
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
vii, 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part I: The rail. The magnificent conception ; The eagle and the octopus ; The route of volcanoes -- Interlude. Out of the muck -- Part II: The road. Good roads make good neighbors ; The far western front ; Freedom road ; The missing link.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Scribner, [2019]
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Chronicles the epic quest to connect the Americas via the Pan American Highway, detailing how its construction and evolution reflected two centuries of divergent history.
"A dazzling account of the world's longest road, the Pan-American Highway, and the epic quest to link North and South America, a dramatic story of commerce, technology, politics, and the divergent fates of the Americas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Pan-American Highway, monument to a century's worth of diplomacy and investment, edu...
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Full title
The longest line on the map : the United States, the Pan-American Highway, and the quest to link the Americas / Eric Rutkow.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2019/0981
Record Identifier
74VKVya3KL5O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVya3KL5O
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ISBN
9781501103902 hardcover
1501103903 hardcover
9781501103919 paperback
1501103911 paperback
DDC
388.122097
MMS ID
991024232802402626
