Description
Product ID: | 9781610916899 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Roads Were Not Built for Cars |
Subtitle: | How cyclists were the first to push for good roads & became the pioneers of motoring |
Authors: | Author: Carlton Reid |
Page Count: | 360 |
Subjects: | Social and cultural history, Social & cultural history, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Transport planning and policy, Road and motor vehicles: general interest, Urban & municipal planning, Transport planning & policy, Road & motor vehicles: general interest, United Kingdom, Great Britain, USA, c 1800 to c 1900 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Roads Were Not Built for Cars is a history book, focussing on a time when cyclists had political clout, in Britain and especially in America. The book researches the Roads Improvement Association - a lobbying group created by the Cyclists' Touring Club in 1886 - and the Good Roads movement organised by the League of American Wheelmen. |
Imprint Name: | Island Press |
Publisher Name: | Island Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2015-04-09 |