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The Resource Fighting traffic : the dawn of the motor age in the American city, Peter D. Norton

Fighting traffic : the dawn of the motor age in the American city, Peter D. Norton

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Fighting traffic : the dawn of the motor age in the American city
Title
Fighting traffic
Title remainder
the dawn of the motor age in the American city
Statement of responsibility
Peter D. Norton
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
In 'Fighting Traffic', Peter Norton argues that to accommodate automobiles, the American city required not only a physical change, but also a social one - before the city could be restructured for the sake of motorists, its streets had to be socially reconstructed as a place where motorists belonged
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Cataloging source
PPN
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Norton, Peter D
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Inside technology
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Transportation, Automotive
  • Transportation, Automotive
  • Transports routiers
  • Transports routiers
  • Transportation, Automotive
  • Transportation, Automotive
  • United States
Label
Fighting traffic : the dawn of the motor age in the American city, Peter D. Norton
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-381) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: What are streets for? -- I. Justice. Blood, grief, and anger ; Police traffic regulation: Ex Chao Ordo ; Whose street? Joyriders versus jaywalkers -- II. Efficiency. Streets as public utilities ; Traffic control ; Traffic efficiency versus motor freedom -- III. Freedom. The commodification of streets ; Traffic safety for the motor age ; The dawn of the motor age -- Conclusion: History, technology, and the dawn of the motor age
Control code
712030200
Dimensions
23 cm
Edition
1st MIT Press paperback ed.
Extent
xi, 396 pages
Isbn
9780262516129
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)712030200
Label
Fighting traffic : the dawn of the motor age in the American city, Peter D. Norton
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-381) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: What are streets for? -- I. Justice. Blood, grief, and anger ; Police traffic regulation: Ex Chao Ordo ; Whose street? Joyriders versus jaywalkers -- II. Efficiency. Streets as public utilities ; Traffic control ; Traffic efficiency versus motor freedom -- III. Freedom. The commodification of streets ; Traffic safety for the motor age ; The dawn of the motor age -- Conclusion: History, technology, and the dawn of the motor age
Control code
712030200
Dimensions
23 cm
Edition
1st MIT Press paperback ed.
Extent
xi, 396 pages
Isbn
9780262516129
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)712030200

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