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Fighting traffic : the dawn of the motor age in the American city / Peter Norton.
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Norton, Peter D.
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English
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Description
vi, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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HE5623 .N67 2008
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Transportation, Automotive
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Social aspects
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United States
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Transportation, Automotive
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United States
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History
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20th century
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Inside technology
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Summary note
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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-381) and index.
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.
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ISBN
9780262141000 ((hardcover))
0262141000 ((hardcover))
9780262516129
0262516128
LCCN
2007035522
OCLC
170202979
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Fighting traffic [electronic resource] : the dawn of the motor age in the American city / Peter Norton.
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