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The world beyond the windshield : roads and landscapes in the United States and Europe / edited by Christof Mauch and Thomas Zeller ; foreword by David E. Nye.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roadside improvement--United States.
- Roadside improvement.
- Roadside improvement--Europe.
- Scenic byways--United States.
- Scenic byways.
- Scenic byways--Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 283 pages) : illustrations, map
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press ; Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The view through a car's windscreen has redefined how we see the world. In the case of the American parkway, for example, the view from the road was the be-all and end-all of the highway, whereas with the Italian autostrada, a view of an efficient transportation machine celebrating Fascism or its absence was the goal.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Figures
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- ONE: Driving Cultures and the Meaning of Roads
- TWO: The Rise and Decline of the American Parkway
- THREE: The Scenic Is Political
- FOUR: "A Feeling Almost beyond Description"
- FIVE: "Neon, Junk, and Ruined Landscape"
- SIX: A Rough Modernization
- SEVEN: Building and Rebuilding the Landscape of the Autobahn, 1930-70
- EIGHT: Socialist Highways?
- NINE: "'Beautified' Is a Vile Phrase"
- TEN: Physical and Social Constructions of the Capital Beltway
- Notes
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-270) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8214-4254-6
- OCLC:
- 646761752
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