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- catalog abstract "A comprehensive history of the world's road, highways, and bridges, and of the people and vehicles that traversed them, from prehistoric times to the present.".
- catalog contributor b3797056.
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description "1. The first ways : Animal paths ; Human intervention ; Serving the town -- 2. The demands of transport : Without the wheel ; Inventing and using the wheel ; Determining the width ; Wheel loads -- 3. Roadways : In the beginning ; Roman roads: a pinnacle is reached ; Roads in decline ; Harbingers of change ; McAdam: change and controversy ; Construction techniques ; Pavement systems ; The Americas -- 4. Motives and management : Military motives ; Managing and financing roads ; The toll alternative ; Central control -- 5. A surge of power : Carriages and coaches ; Transport in transition ; Steam power carries the world forward ; Bicycles and the democratization of travel ; Tires and the humanization of travel ; The incessant power of internal combustion -- 6. Power in the road : The arrival of the car and the truck ; The impact of the car ; Managing travel ; Driving on the left or the right? -- 7. Pavements : The problem with macadam ; Native asphalt and mastic ; Natural asphalt ; Tar and tarmacadam ; Cement and concrete ; Paving blocks and rails ; Manufactured asphalt ; Bitumen ; Sprayed surfaces ; Pavement research -- 8. Bridges : In the beginning ; The arch ; The truss ; Modern bridges -- 9. From the past into the future : The dominance of the motor vehicle ; Road and town planning ; Freeways ; Managing the car ; Road-based transport ; Traffic control ; The future -- Terminology -- Chronology.".
- catalog description "A comprehensive history of the world's road, highways, and bridges, and of the people and vehicles that traversed them, from prehistoric times to the present.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xix, 401 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Ways of the world.".
- catalog identifier "0813517583 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Ways of the world.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,".
- catalog relation "Ways of the world.".
- catalog subject "629.04/9 20".
- catalog subject "Bridges History.".
- catalog subject "Roads History.".
- catalog subject "TA1015 .L39 1992".
- catalog subject "Transportation History.".
- catalog subject "Vehicles History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The first ways : Animal paths ; Human intervention ; Serving the town -- 2. The demands of transport : Without the wheel ; Inventing and using the wheel ; Determining the width ; Wheel loads -- 3. Roadways : In the beginning ; Roman roads: a pinnacle is reached ; Roads in decline ; Harbingers of change ; McAdam: change and controversy ; Construction techniques ; Pavement systems ; The Americas -- 4. Motives and management : Military motives ; Managing and financing roads ; The toll alternative ; Central control -- 5. A surge of power : Carriages and coaches ; Transport in transition ; Steam power carries the world forward ; Bicycles and the democratization of travel ; Tires and the humanization of travel ; The incessant power of internal combustion -- 6. Power in the road : The arrival of the car and the truck ; The impact of the car ; Managing travel ; Driving on the left or the right? -- 7. Pavements : The problem with macadam ; Native asphalt and mastic ; Natural asphalt ; Tar and tarmacadam ; Cement and concrete ; Paving blocks and rails ; Manufactured asphalt ; Bitumen ; Sprayed surfaces ; Pavement research -- 8. Bridges : In the beginning ; The arch ; The truss ; Modern bridges -- 9. From the past into the future : The dominance of the motor vehicle ; Road and town planning ; Freeways ; Managing the car ; Road-based transport ; Traffic control ; The future -- Terminology -- Chronology.".
- catalog title "Ways of the world : a history of the world's roads and of the vehicles that used them / M.G. Lay.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".