Conover, Ted. <br/><br/>
The routes of man :  how roads are changing the world and the way we live today / 
Ted Conover. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Alfred A. Knopf,  2010. 
 - 333 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400042449 (alk. paper) 1400042445 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009024007 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Conover, Ted--Travel.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Roads--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HE341  / .C66 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>388.1