Car Country: An Environmental History

by Christopher W. Wells

Book Overview

For most people in the United States, going almost anywhere begins with reaching for the car keys. This is true, Christopher Wells argues, because the United States is Car Country--a nation dominated by landscapes that are difficult, inconvenient, and often unsafe to navigate by those who are not sitting behind the wheel of a car.

The prevalence of car-dependent landscapes seems perfectly natural to us today, but it is, in fact, a relatively...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295994290
• ISBN13: 9780295994291
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher