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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David W Jones |
ISBN: | 9780253221711 0253221714 9780253351524 0253351529 |
OCLC Number: | 824526113 |
Description: | 268 s |
Contents: | List of Tables; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Part 1. U.S. Motorization in International Context; 1. Motorization in the United States and Other Industrial Nations; Part 2. U.S. Motorization in Historical Context; 2. Transit's American History, 18801929; 3. The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Pivotal Epoch in U.S. Transportation History; 4. World War II and Its Immediate Aftermath: The End of the Streetcar Era and the Beginnings of the Freeway Era; 5. The Interstate and Pervasive Motorization, 195680; 6. Transit's Conversion to Public Ownership; 7. U.S. Motorization since the OPEC Embargo; 8. The Competitive Difficulties of the U.S. Automakers; Part 3. Evolving Challenges in an Evolved Environment; 9. The Changing Valance of U.S. Motorization; 10. The Road to Sustainable Motorization; 11. Motorization and Sustainability: History and Prospect Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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David Jones does a great job of dispelling myths that many of us hold about the advent of the automobile and the decline of public transit in the United States. * publictransport.about.com * Jones ultimately attributes mass motorization to consumer preferences-for single-family home ownership, suburban living, and sun belt metropolises where low-density development and dispersed employment made automobiles essential.Vol. 96.2 September 2009 -- Thomas G. Andrews * University of Colorado Denver * This is a valuable and topical book which brings transport issues to the fore in American domestic and foreign policy. 43 2009 -- Margaret Walsh * University of Nottingham * In this sweeping history of urban transportation modernization and post-modernization in the United States, David Jones debunks popular explanations for the decline of mass transit and the rise of mass motorization. . . . offers a solid foundation for debating alternative theses that seek to account for technological change.Vol. 50 July 2009 -- Gregory Thompson * Technology and Culture * Jones documents well the politics of postwar efforts by big city mayors to obtain federal aid for rail systems. . . . He provides good evidence for transit's very limited potential to solve the pressing problems of congestion, energy use, and global warming. . . . Highly recommended.March 2009 -- D. Brand * formerly, Harvard University * Read more...

