| Description |
2 audio discs (approximately 13 hr., 30 min.) : digital, MP3 ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Unabridged. |
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Subtitle from container. |
| Performer |
Read by Rob Shapiro. |
| System Details |
Compact discs, MP3 format. |
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System requirements: CD/MP3 player or PC with MP3-capable software. |
| Summary |
"A man-made wonder, a connective network, an economic force, a bringer of blight and sprawl and the possibility of escape-- the U.S. interstate system transformed America. The Big Roads presents the surprising history of how we got from dirt tracks to expressways in the space of a single lifetime. Earl Swift brings to light the visionaries who created these essential highways as well as the critics and citizens who questioned their headlong expansion throughout the country, including Thomas MacDonald, chief among a handful of driven engineers who conceived of the interstates and how they would work. In mapping a fascinating route through the dreams, discoveries, and protests that shaped these mighty roads, Swift shows that the interstates embody the wanderlust, grand scale, and conflicting notions of citizenship that define America"--Container. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Highway engineering -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Highway engineers -- United States -- Biography.
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Interstate Highway System -- History -- 20th century.
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Highway engineering. (OCoLC)fst00956643
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Highway engineers. (OCoLC)fst00956683
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Interstate Highway System. (OCoLC)fst00977505
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Shapiro, Rob.
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| ISBN |
9781452655352 |
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1452655359 |
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