| Description |
1 online resource (318 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Technology and European history series ; 3 |
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Technology and European history series ; 3.
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| Contents |
Driving Europe; Foundation for the History of Technology & Aksant Academic Publishers Technology and European History Series; Acknowledgments; Table of contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Setting the stage -- The dawn of the spirit of Geneva, 1898-1921; Chapter 3 Roads to Europe -- Albert Thomas' European public works, 1929-1937; Chapter 4 Driving Europe -- The League of Nations Road Committee, 1921-1938; Chapter 5 Setting the stage -- The parade of organizations,1942-1953; Chapter 6 Roads to Europe -- The E-road network,1950-2007 |
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Chapter 7 Driving Europe -- The operation of Europe's roads, 1949-1960Chapter 8 Conclusion; Chapter 9 Epilogue -- all quiet in Brussels?; Bibliography; Summary; List of abbreviations; List of tables and figures |
| Summary |
This book discusses the intersection of Europe and roads. Today we can hardly imagine life without roads and the automobiles that use them to move around. The vast majority of movements in Europe takes place on the road. Travelers use the car to explore parts of the continent on their holidays and goods travel large distances to reach consumers. Indeed, the twentieth century has deservedly been characterized as the century of the car. The situation looked very different around 1900. People crossing national borders by car encountered multiple hurdles on their way. Technically they imported the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-309) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Roads -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
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Transportation, Automotive -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Roads
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Transportation, Automotive
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Wegverkeer.
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Wegvervoer.
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Wegenbouw.
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Vägar -- Europa -- historia -- 1900-talet.
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Europe
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Europa (geografie)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789048521197 |
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904852119X |
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9786613259639 |
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6613259632 |
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