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The routes of man : how roads are changing the world and the way we live today
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The routes of man : how roads are changing the world and the way we live today

Author: Ted Conover
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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A spirited, urgent book that reveals the costs and benefits of being connected--how, from ancient Rome to the present, roads have played a crucial role in human life, advancing civilization even as they set it back.
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Named Person: Ted Conover
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ted Conover
ISBN: 9781400042449 1400042445
OCLC Number: 416715196
Description: 333 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents: Forest primeval to Park Avenue --
Road, or not a road? --
Slipping from Shangri-La --
Road ecology --
The road is very unfair --
Double-edged roads --
A war you can commute to --
Speed up! --
Capitalist roaders --
Growing Broadway --
Drive soft : life no get duplicate.
Responsibility: Ted Conover.

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A spirited, urgent book that reveals the costs and benefits of being connected--how, from ancient Rome to the present, roads have played a crucial role in human life, advancing civilization even as they set it back.

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