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The routes of man : how roads are changing the world and the way we live today / Ted Conover.
Publication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 333 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781400042449 :
- 1400042445 :
- HE341 .C66 2010
Contents:
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.
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.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | HE 341 .C66 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Copy Type:01 - Books | Available | 603629 |
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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