Title:
Divided highways : building the interstate highways, transforming American life / Tom Lewis.
Author:
Lewis, Tom, 1942- author.
Publication Information:
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2013]
Call Number:
HE355 .L484 2013
Abstract:
In this updated edition, Lewis brings his story of the Interstate system up to date, concluding with Boston's troubled and yet triumphant Big Dig project, the growing antipathy for big federal infrastructure projects, and the uncertain economics of highway projects both present and future.
Edition:
Updated edition.
ISBN:
9780801478222
Physical Description:
xviii, 387 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
The chief -- Mastering nature -- The dreamway -- The GI and the general -- A grand plan -- The great puzzle -- Lines of desire -- Revolt -- Busting the trust -- New rules -- Continental drift -- The greatest of improvements -- Buried desires.
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