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9780292714267

Watching the Traffic Go by

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  • ISBN13:

    9780292714267

  • ISBN10:

    0292714262

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-03-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr

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Summary

A timely, interdisciplinary analysis, Watching the Traffic Go By exposes the ugly side of transportation politics through the seldom-used lens of popular culture.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Stabilizing Mobility
Transportation as Antidote to Modern City
The Trolley, the Automobile, and Autonomy
Townless Highways and Highwayless Towns
German Critical Theory Meets American Cartopia
The Building of a Superhighway Future at the New York World's Fair
Film Noir and the Hidden Violence of Transportation in Los Angeles
The Public's Fears of Urban Gridlock
Stories of the MTA: Contesting Meanings of Subway Space
Urban Freeway Stories: Racial Politics and the Armored Automobile
Epilogue
Works Cited
Index
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