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This novel production offers the inquisitive American something even more concrete—a treatise on interstate highways. A delightful essay on the history of the interstate highway system, the program describes how freeways have transformed the continent in physical, sociological and psychological ways.
27. Sept. 1997 · Read all America's desire for freedom and the open road resulted in the construction of thousands of highways during the Eisenhower administration. Through interviews, archival footage and photography, America's interstate highway system is revealed to have shaped every aspect of American...
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- Documentary, History
- Lawrence R. Hott, Tom Lewis
- 1997-09-27
1. Dez. 1998 · Clay McShane, Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life. Prod. by Lawrence R. Hott and Tom Lewis, 1997. 86 mins. (Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Box 2053, Princeton, NJ 08543-2053), Journal of American History , Volume 85, Issue 3, December 1998, Page 1196, https://doi.org/10.2307/2567394
1. Jan. 1997 · In Divided Highways, Tom Lewis tells the story of that system's creation, inside a broader history of how motoring in general transformed American life. Lewis principally concerns himself with the political rise of the highways, and the problems that followed once the ideal became a reality and people realized that reality comes with ...
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19. Apr. 2013 · "Divided Highways is the best and most important book yet published about how asphalt and concrete have changed the United States. Quite simply, the Interstate Highway System is the longest and largest engineered structure in the history of the world, and it has enormously influenced every aspect of American life. Tom Lewis is an ...
INTERSTATES AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN LIFE. DESCRIBES THE IMPACT OF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM THROUGH INTERVIEWS, NEWSREELS, AND ARCHIVAL MATERIAL. EXPLORES THE EFFECT OF THE HIGHWAYS ON COMMUNITY, CULTURE, REGIONALISM, AND FREEDOM, AND CONSIDERS THE IDEALS, MOTIVES, AND METHODS OF ITS BUILDERS.
19. Apr. 2013 · In this updated edition of Divided Highways, Lewis brings his story of the Interstate system up to date, concluding with Boston’s troubled and yet triumphant Big Dig project, the growing...
