Paved Roads & Public Money

Connecticut Transportation in the Age of Internal Combustion

Richard DeLuca (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

245 Seiten

2021
Wesleyan University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8195-7303-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Drawing on a wide array of primary material, civil engineer Richard DeLuca examines how land, law, and technology have shaped Connecticut and its transportation systems, including aviation, roads, bridges, ferries, steamboats, canals, railroads, electric trolleys, and water ports, in Connecticut and along the multi-state travel corridor from New York to Boston. This well-illustrated book focuses on key events in the development of transportation technology and legislation. It is arranged chronologically, highlighting themes from each period, showing the implications of state’s transportation history on the ongoing debates around infrastructure and funding.

Autor

A civil engineer who worked in the transportation field for ten years, RICHARD DELUCA is the author of Post Roads and Iron Horses.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 29.06.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Driftless Connecticut
• Zusatzinfo: 50 photos, 1 table
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-8195-7303-5 / 0819573035
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8195-7303-2 / 9780819573032
• Zustand: Neuware