Title Dixie Highway : road building and the making of the modern South, 1900-1930 / Tammy Ingram

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Series North Carolina history & culture anthology North Carolina history & culture anthology NC LIVE module Contents Building a good roads movement, 1900-1913 -- The road to Dixie, 1914-1915 -- Roads at war, 1917-1919 -- Modern highways and chain gang labor, 1919-1924 -- Paved with politics : business and bureaucracy in Georgia, 1924-1927 Summary Dixie Highway: Road Building and the Making of the Modern South, 1900-1930 Notes "Sponsored by the postdoctoral fellows program at the Center for the Study of the American South, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"--Title page verso Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Roads -- Southern States -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century Roads -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century Transportation -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century Transportation -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century Express highways -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century Express highways -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General) HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. Politics and government Roads Roads -- Design and construction Transportation -- Social aspects SUBJECT Dixie Highway -- History Southern States -- Politics and government -- 20th century United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140457 Subject Southern States United States United States -- Dixie Highway Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Center for the Study of the American South. ISBN 9781469615523 1469615525 9781469612997 1469612992

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