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American Cities and Technology Wilderness to Wired City

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ISBN-10: 0415200849

ISBN-13: 9780415200844

Edition: 1999

Authors: Gerrylynn K. Roberts, Philip Steadman

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Chronologically, this volume ranges from the earliest technological dimensions of Amerindian settlements to the wired city concept of the 1960s, and Internet communications of the 1990s. It includes skyscrapers, automobiles and city planning.
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Book details

List price: $75.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/31/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English

Introduction: The Growth of American Cities
Transport and the Nineteenth-century city
Transport in the Twentieth -century city - Automobility
Building types: construction and materials
Water supply, sewage, drainage and sanitation
Heat, light and fire protection
Travel and telecommunication in the late twentieth century city
Telecommunication and twentieth century cities