Asphalt nation : how the automobile took over America, and how we can take it back / Jane Holtz Kay.
Asphalt nation : how the automobile took over America, and how we can take it back / Jane Holtz Kay.
Asphalt nation : how the automobile took over America, and how we can take it back / Jane Holtz Kay.
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New York : Crown Publishers, c1997.
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English
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Physical content
xii, 418 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
The Late Motor Age: A Defining Decade -- Pt. I. Car Glut: A Nation in Lifelock. 1. Bumper to Bumper. 2. The Geography of Inequity. 3. The Landscape of the Exit Ramp. 4. The Road to Environmental Ruin. 5. Harm to Health and Breath. 6. The Cost of the Car Culture -- Pt. II. Car Tracks: The Machine Tha...
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New York : Crown Publishers, c1997.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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Today our world revolves around the car - as a nation, we spend eight billion hours a year stuck in traffic. In Asphalt Nation, Jane Holtz Kay effectively calls for a revolution to reverse our automobile-dependency. Citing successful efforts in places from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon, Kay shows us that radical change is not impossible by a...
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Asphalt nation : how the automobile took over America, and how we can take it back / Jane Holtz Kay.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-403) and index.
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c1997.
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74VvZ0w0yJ6d
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0517587025 (alk. paper)
9780517587027 (alk. paper)
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303.4832
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991004746539702626
