Mass motorization + mass transit : an American history and policy analysis / David W. Jones.
Mass motorization + mass transit : an American history and policy analysis / David W. Jones.
Mass motorization + mass transit : an American history and policy analysis / David W. Jones.
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Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.
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N388.40973/14
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English
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Physical content
x, 268 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Motorization in the United States and other industrial nations -- Transit's American history, 1880-1929 -- The Great Depression and the New Deal : a pivotal epoch in U.S. transportation history -- World War II and its immediate aftermath : the end of the streetcar era and the beginnings of the freew...
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Publisher
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.
Place of Publication
Indiana
Date Published
c2008.
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Summary
"Mass Motorization and Mass Transit examines how the United States became the world's most thoroughly motorized nation and why mass transit has been more displaced in the United States than in any other advanced industrial nation. The book's historical and international perspective provides a uniquely effective framework for understanding both the...
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Mass motorization + mass transit : an American history and policy analysis / David W. Jones.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-264) and index.
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c2008.
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N388.40973/14
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74VMQxDvxogg
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ISBN
9780253351524 (cloth : alk. paper)
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388.40973
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991000617929702626
