World beyond the Windshield

Roads and Landscapes in the United States and Europe

Autor: Christof Mauch, Thomas Zeller

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Vydavateľ: Ohio University Press

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For better or worse, the view through a car's windshield has redefined how we see the world around u...

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Autor

Christof Mauch, Thomas Zeller

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydalo

2008

Stránok

312

EAN

9780821417683

ISBN

0821417681

Enbook ID

04935550

Vydavateľ

Ohio University Press

Hmotnosť

408

Rozmery

152 x 229 x 18

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For better or worse, the view through a car's windshield has redefined how we see the world around us. In some cases, such as the American parkway, the view from the road was the be-all and end-all of the highway; in others, such as the Italian autostrada, the view of a fast, efficient transportation machine celebrating either Fascism or its absence was the goal. These varied environments are neither necessary nor accidental but the outcomes of historical negotiations, and whether we abhor them or take delight in them, they have become part of the fabric of human existence. "The World beyond the Windshield: Roads and Landscapes in the United States and Europe" is the first systematic, comparative look at these landscapes. By looking at examples from the United States and Europe, the chapters in this volume explore the relationship between the road and the landscape that it traverses, cuts through, defines, despoils, and enhances. The authors analyze the Washington Beltway and the Blue Ridge Parkway, as well as iconic roads in Italy, Nazi Germany, East Germany, and Great Britain. This is a story of the transatlantic exchange of ideas about environment and technology and of the national and nationalistic appropriations of such landscaping.

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