Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back
by Kay, Jane Holtz
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0520216202
- ISBN 13
- 9780520216204
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
University of California Press, 1998. First Paperback Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Stated First Paperback Printing 1998. Soft cover in very good condition with only ghost of shelf wear to the colorful wraps. Former owner's name, place, & date on verso of front wrap and his initial stamp at top of half-title page in red ink. Otherwise interior text block clean & tight; no markings, no other writing noted. Black & white photographs throughout. Concludes with Notes to Chapters, Bibliography, and an extensive Index. 418 numbered pages. * From summary on back, "". . .a powerful examination of how the automobile has ravaged America's cities and landscape over the past 100 years, together with a compelling strategy for reversing our automobile-dependence. . . .provides a history of the rapid spread of the automobile and documents the huge subsidies commanded by the highway lobby, to the detriment of once-efficient forms of mass transportation. Demonstrating that there are economic, political, architectural, and personal solutions to the problem, she shows that radical change is entirely possible.""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000390
- Title
- Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back
- Author
- Kay, Jane Holtz
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Paperback Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0520216202
- ISBN 13
- 9780520216204
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Ewing, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Sociology, Urban Sociology - United States, City and Town life - United States, Automobiles - Social aspects - United States
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sociology & Culture;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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