Cars and the American City

Ladd reviews several books exploring how the automobile has reshaped American cities. These include Hell on Wheels: The Promise and Peril of America's Car Culture, 1900-1940 by David Blanke; Watching the Traffic Go By: Transportation and Isolation in Urban America by Paul Mason Fotsch; and Auto...

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Published inJournal of Urban History Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 777 - 782
Main Author Ladd, Brian
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thousand Oaks SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC 01.07.2009
Subjects
American culture
American history
Automobiles
Blanke, David
Cities
Consumerism
Consumers
Cultural history
Fotsch, Paul Mason
McCarthy, Tom
Nonfiction
Public Policy
Public transportation
Railroads
Review articles
Traffic
Transport
Transportation
Twentieth Century
U.S.A
United States of America
Urban history
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Summary:Ladd reviews several books exploring how the automobile has reshaped American cities. These include Hell on Wheels: The Promise and Peril of America's Car Culture, 1900-1940 by David Blanke; Watching the Traffic Go By: Transportation and Isolation in Urban America by Paul Mason Fotsch; and Auto Mania: Cars, Consumers, and the Environment by Tom McCarthy.
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ISSN:0096-1442
1552-6771
DOI:10.1177/0096144209336582