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Down the Asphalt Path (USED)
£22.08
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A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. scuff marks, but no holes or tears. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Columbia University Press
- UPC
- 9780231083911
- MPN
- Not Specified
- Model
- Not Specified
- Country of Origintion
- USA United States
- Net Quantity or Number of Units
- 1
- Dimensions LxWxH - Cms
- 8.9X5.9X1
- ISBN-10
- 0231083912
- ISBN-13
- 9780231083911
- SKU
- SONG0231083912
- No of Pages
- 288
- Book Title
- Down the Asphalt Path
- Item Length
- 8.9
- Item Width
- 5.9
- Item Height
- 1
- Item Weight
- 0.95
- ISBN
- 9780231083911
- Publication Year
- 1995
- Series
- Columbia History of Urban Life
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Subject Area
- Urban Planning
- Publication Name
- Down the Asphalt Path: the Automobile and the American City
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Subject
- Engineering & Technology, Business
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
About this product
Product Information
Imagine a world without automobiles, traffic lights, and interstate highways. Or the words commuter and parking. For a nation that prides itself on the freedom of movement and the long weekend, this seems nearly impossible. In Down the Asphalt Path, Clay McShane examines the uniquely American relation between automobility and urbanization. Writing at the cutting edge of urban and technological history, McShane focuses on how new transportation systems?most important, the private automobile?and new concepts of the city redefined each other in modern America. We swiftly motor across the country from Boston to New York to Milwaukee to Los Angeles and the suburbs in between as McShane chronicles the urban embrace of the automobile. McShane begins with mid-nineteenth century municipal bans on horseless carriages, a response to public fears of accidents and pollution. After cities redesigned roads to encourage new forms of trasnport, especially trolley cars, light carriages, and bicycles, the bans disappeared in the 1890s. With the advent of the automobile, metropolitan elites quickly and permanently established cars as status symbols. Down the Asphalt Path also explains the escapist appeal of the motor car to many Americans constrained by traditional social values. This book includes more than thirty photographs detailing the transformation of urban transportation. They bring to life chapters on modes of travel before the trolley; the push for parks, parkways, and suburbanization; the car in popular culture; and the battle for traffic safety and regulation. McShane's analysis of gender relations in the rise of automobility?in particular, definitions of gender in terms of mechanical skill and of driving as male power?is both timely and innovative. Wonderfully readable, this book will be a treasure for readers of urban history, popular culture, and technology?as well as car buffs.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-13
9780231083911
eBay Product ID (ePID)
87059551
Product Key Features
Subject
Engineering & Technology, Business
Publication Year
1995
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Publication Name
Down the Asphalt Path: the Automobile and the American City
Language
English
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Urban Planning
Series
Columbia History of Urban Life
Format
Paperback
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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VAT number: GB 252332141
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Seller Feedback (2,067)
- a***x (237)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseAs usual, this seller is completely trustworthy: the book was as described, terrific value, arrived very swiftly from America, well packaged and safe. It was an old library book, but in great condition and appearance, and there can be no criticism, simply thanks and praise for a job well done.
- a***i (1397)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseAn excellent book lot of valuable information regarding all aspects of sewing. A very rare find as bought from the USA. Which was dispatched and and delivered quickly. Excellent communication throughout the transaction. This book was in very good condition as described and well packaged. Happy to highly recommend this seller with reasonable postage from USA. Many thanks.
- k***k (155)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseQuality customer service, excellent communication and kept me up to date with shipping. Good value for the money and it's condition was as described. Highly recommended. Thank you!!!How to Draw Magical Mythological Creatures: Create Unicorns, Dragons, Gryphon... (#116239104964)