Ways of the World: A History of the World's Roads and of the Vehicles that Used Them

by Maxwell G. Lay and Maxwell Lay

Book Overview

This is the first comprehensive history of the world's roads, highways, bridges, and the people and vehicles that traverse them, from prehistoric times to the present. Encyclopedic in its scope, fascinating in its details, Ways of the World is a unique work for reference and browsing. Maxwell Lay considers the myriad aspects of roads and their users: the earliest pathways, the rise of wheeled vehicles and animals to pull them, the development of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813526914
• ISBN13: 9780813526911
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 401 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 9.3"