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050 0 0 _aHE5623
_b.K36 1997
082 0 0 _a303.48/32
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100 1 _aKay, Jane Holtz
245 1 0 _aAsphalt nation :
_bhow the automobile took over America, and how we can take it back /
_cJane Holtz Kay
250 _aFirst edition
264 1 _aNew York :
_bCrown Publishers,
_c[1997]
264 4 _c©1997
300 _axii, 418 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 393-403) and index
530 _aAlso issued online
505 0 _aThe Late Motor Age: A Defining Decade -- pt. I. Car Glut: A Nation in Lifelock. 1. Bumper to Bumper. 2. The Geography of Inequity. 3. The Landscape of the Exit Ramp. 4. The Road to Environmental Ruin. 5. Harm to Health and Breath. 6. The Cost of the Car Culture -- pt. II. Car Tracks: The Machine That Made the Land. 7. Model T, Model City. 8. From Front Porch to Front Seat. 9. Driving Through the Depression. 10. The Asphalt Exodus. 11. Braking the Juggernaut. 12. The Three-Car Culture -- pt. III. Car Free: From Dead End to Exit. 13. None for the Road. 14. Zoning for Life. 15. Putting Transit on Track. 16. The Centering of America. 17. The De-Paving of America. 18. Righting the Price
520 _aToday our world revolves around the car - as a nation, we spend eight billion hours a year stuck in traffic. In Asphalt Nation, Jane Holtz Kay effectively calls for a revolution to reverse our automobile-dependency. Citing successful efforts in places from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon, Kay shows us that radical change is not impossible by any means. She demonstrates that there are economic, political, architectural, and personal solutions that can steer us out of
520 _aThe mess. Asphalt Nation is essential reading for everyone interested in the history of our relationship with the car, and in the prospect of returning to a world of human mobility
650 0 _aAutomobiles
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States
650 0 _aCity and town life
_zUnited States
650 0 _aSociology, Urban
_zUnited States
653 0 _aAutomobiles
_aSocial aspects
_aUnited States
653 0 _aCity and town life
_aUnited States
653 0 _aSociology, Urban
_aUnited States
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aKay, Jane Holtz.
_tAsphalt nation.
_b1st ed.
_dNew York : Crown Publishers, ©1997
_w(OCoLC)606161071
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