Down the Asphalt Path: The Automobile and the American City

by Clay McShane

Book Overview

Imagine a world without automobiles, traffic lights, and interstate highways. Or the words commuter and parking. For a nation that prides itself on the freedom of movement and the long weekend, this seems nearly impossible.

In Down the Asphalt Path, Clay McShane examines the uniquely American relation between automobility and urbanization. Writing at the cutting edge of urban and technological history, McShane focuses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231083912
• ISBN13: 9780231083911
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher