Research Catalog
- Title
- On the move : transportation and the American story / by Janet F. Davidson & Michael S. Sweeney.
- Author
- Davidson, Janet
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HE203 .D377 2003 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 319 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps; 29 cm.
- Summary
- Chronicles the history of America in terms of the vehicles and transportation networks that transformed the nation, in a volume that encompasses a host of maps, artwork, artifacts, and period photography.
- Subject
- Transportation > United States > History
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Companion book to exhibit at Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-317) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Transportation and the making of a continental nation -- Community building in the railroad age -- The national economy gets a backbone -- Travel in the gilded age -- America goes urban -- On the rise: a society of mass consumers -- Road trip: fun, profit, and the American dream -- Suburbia explodes -- Superhighways: the pace picks up -- Enterprise in a global age.
- ISBN
- 0792251407 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2003054305
- OCLC
- 52553717
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library