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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Norton, Peter D. Fighting traffic. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2007035522 (OCoLC)170202979 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter D Norton |
ISBN: | 9780262280754 0262280752 9781435643505 143564350X 9780262293884 0262293889 1282099582 9781282099586 |
OCLC Number: | 228112316 |
Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 396 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction What Are Streets For?""; ""I Justice""; ""1 Blood, Grief, and Anger""; ""2 Police Traffic Regulation: Ex Chao Ordo""; ""3 Whose Street? Joyriders versus Jaywalkers""; ""II Efficiency""; ""4 Streets as Public Utilities""; ""5 Traffic Control""; ""6 Traffic Efficiency versus Motor Freedom""; ""III Freedom""; ""7 The Commodification of Streets""; ""8 Traffic Safety for the Motor Age""; ""9 The Dawn of the Motor Age""; ""Conclusion History, Technology, and the Dawn of the Motor Age""; ""Notes""; ""Inside Technology""; ""Index"" |
Series Title: | Inside technology. |
Responsibility: | Peter D. Norton. |
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"In this exquisitely researched book, Norton guides us through the complex and passionate debates that cleared the street to make way for the car. These decisions made decades ago still shape our cities, so they are vital to understanding the future of the automobile, as well as its past."--Zachary M. Schrag, author of The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro -- Zachary M. Schrag "In this exquisitely researched book, Norton guides us through the complex and passionate debates that cleared the street to make way for the car. These decisions made decades ago still shape our cities, so they are vital to understanding the future of the automobile, as well as its past." Zachary M. Schrag , author of The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro "This is rigorous scholarship the history of technology, and the history of the automobile in particular, will truly benefit from. Norton's fascinating, in-depth history shows the automotive revolution was fought in the streets, reshaping the use of public space and impacting perceptions for generations thereafter." Gijs Mom , author of The Electric Vehicle: Technology and Expectations in the Automobile Age "We forget that the search for mobility in urban areas has also led to a massive increase in mortality. Fighting Traffic makes the linkage between mobility and mortality explicit. This is a cutting edge work in mobility history and a major contribution to urban history." Clay McShane , author of Down the Asphalt Path Read more...


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