Car Country: An Environmental History [Audiobook] download free by Christopher W. Wells
- Listen audiobook: Car Country: An Environmental History
- Author: Christopher W. Wells
- Release date: 2014/2/2
- Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Transportation
- ISBN: 9780295994291
- Rating: 7.92 of 10
- Votes: 118
- Review by: Derrick Paige
- Review rating: 7.09 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/3
- Duration: 5H44M33S in 256 kbps (92.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-29
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPEG-4 ALS, MPEG4, FLAC, WMA, WAV, MP3 (compression ARJ, CBC, AZW3, ZIP, RAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.LZO)
- Total pages original book: 464
- Includes a PDF summary of 37 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 27M11S (7.4 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: 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 new historical development. In Car Country, Wells rejects the idea that the nation's automotive status quo can be explained as a simple byproduct of an ardent love affair with the automobile. Instead, he takes readers on a tour of the evolving American landscape, charting the ways that transportation policies and land-use practices have combined to reshape nearly every element of the built environment around the easy movement of automobiles. Wells untangles the complicated relationships between automobiles and the environment, allowing readers to see the everyday world in a completely new way. The result is a history that is essential for understanding American transportation and land-use issues today.Watch the book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48LTKOxxrXQ
- Other categories, genre or collection: 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000, Transport Planning & Policy, Central Government Policies, Conservation Of The Environment, History Of The Americas, Motor Cars
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 29.59 USD
- Dimensions: 152x229x32mm
- Weight: 658g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Seattle, United States
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