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

By: Publication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 333 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781400042449 (alk. paper)
  • 1400042445 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 388.1 22
LOC classification:
  • HE341 .C66 2010
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HE341 .C66 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001138287

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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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