Going Places
Transportation Redefines the Twentieth-Century West
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Word Count
104,750 words, Guess
Page Count
419 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9859259M
- ISBN-139780253342027
- ISBN-100253342023
- OCLC Control Number49727701
- OCLC Control Numbergoingplacestrans0000schw
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2002006857
- Goodreads1348511
- LibraryThing7828371
Classifications
- LCCHE210.S34 2003
Description
"Going Places looks at the three major ways in which transportation has shaped the great Western landscape. There are the transformations brought about by a railroad right-of-way, highway corridors, waterways, and airports; and the larger impacts of transportation on the landscape, such as the development that followed the iron rails westward. Finally, Schwantes considers how travelers experience the passing landscape as framed by the windows of automobiles, passenger trains, and jetliners, and what that may mean. He examines the various interconnections between railroad, highway, aviation, and waterways history, and between society and modes of transportation. This narrative travels the length and breadth of a vast space, with anecdotes and telling details that bring the story to life. Nearly 100 carefully selected photographs add to the reader's enjoyment."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
Rutted streaks of red and brown defined the side roads.
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