The road taken: the history and future of America's infrastructure
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A renowned historian and engineer explores the past, present, and future of America's crumbling infrastructure.
Acclaimed engineer and historian Henry Petroski explores our core infrastructure from both historical and contemporary perspectives, explaining how essential their maintenance is to America's economic health. Petroski reveals the genesis of the many parts of America's highway system—our interstate numbering system, the centerline that divides roads, and such taken-for-granted objects as guardrails, stop signs, and traffic lights—all crucial to our national and local infrastructure.
A compelling work of history, The Road Taken is also an urgent clarion call aimed at American citizens, politicians, and anyone with a vested interest in our economic well-being. Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling, and Petroski reveals the complex and challenging interplay between government and industry inherent in major infrastructure improvement. The road we take in the next decade toward rebuilding our aging infrastructure will in large part determine our future national prosperity.
Acclaimed engineer and historian Henry Petroski explores our core infrastructure from both historical and contemporary perspectives, explaining how essential their maintenance is to America's economic health. Petroski reveals the genesis of the many parts of America's highway system—our interstate numbering system, the centerline that divides roads, and such taken-for-granted objects as guardrails, stop signs, and traffic lights—all crucial to our national and local infrastructure.
A compelling work of history, The Road Taken is also an urgent clarion call aimed at American citizens, politicians, and anyone with a vested interest in our economic well-being. Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling, and Petroski reveals the complex and challenging interplay between government and industry inherent in major infrastructure improvement. The road we take in the next decade toward rebuilding our aging infrastructure will in large part determine our future national prosperity.
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Subjects
Business
Economic aspects
Economic conditions
Government policy
History
Infrastructure (Economics)
Infrastructure (Economics) -- United States -- History
Interstate Highway System
Interstate Highway System -- History
Maintenance and repair
Nonfiction
Politics
Roads
Roads -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History
Roads -- Government policy -- United States -- History
Roads -- United States -- History
Roads -- United States -- Maintenance and repair -- History
Technology
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
Economic aspects
Economic conditions
Government policy
History
Infrastructure (Economics)
Infrastructure (Economics) -- United States -- History
Interstate Highway System
Interstate Highway System -- History
Maintenance and repair
Nonfiction
Politics
Roads
Roads -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History
Roads -- Government policy -- United States -- History
Roads -- United States -- History
Roads -- United States -- Maintenance and repair -- History
Technology
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
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Acclaimed engineer and historian Henry Petroski explores our core infrastructure from both historical and contemporary perspectives, explaining how essential their maintenance is to America's economic health. Petroski reveals the genesis of the many parts of America's highway system—our interstate numbering system, the centerline that divides roads, and such taken-for-granted objects as guardrails, stop signs, and traffic lights—all crucial to our national and local infrastructure. A compelling work of history, The Road Taken is also an urgent clarion call aimed at American citizens, politicians, and anyone with a vested interest in our economic well-being. Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling, and Petroski reveals the complex and challenging interplay between government and industry inherent in major infrastructure improvement. The road we take in the next decade toward rebuilding our aging infrastructure will in large part determine our future national prosperity. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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subject_facet | Infrastructure (Economics) -- United States -- History Interstate Highway System -- History Roads -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History Roads -- Government policy -- United States -- History Roads -- United States -- History Roads -- United States -- Maintenance and repair -- History United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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title_full | The Road Taken The History and Future of America's Infrastructure The road taken : the history and future of America's infrastructure / Henry Petroski | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | The road taken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | the history and future of America's infrastructure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Business Economic aspects Economic conditions Government policy History Infrastructure (Economics) Interstate Highway System Maintenance and repair Nonfiction Politics Roads Technology |