The National Road 9780801851551

Table of contents :
Frontmatter
Preface (page xi)
Acknowledgments (page xv)
PART ONE Introduction
1 The Landscapes of Mobility (PEIRCE LEWIS, page 3)
2 The Face of the Country (KARL RAITZ, page 45)
Portfolio: The American Highway in Art (THOMAS J. SCHLERETH, page 73)
PART TWO Building the National Road
3 The Idea of a National Road (JOSEPH S. WOOD, page 93)
4 Surveying and Building the Road (BILLY JOE PEYTON, page 123)
5 Extending the Road West (GREGORY S. ROSE, page 159)
6 Adapting the Road to New Transport Technology (CRAIG E. COLTEN, page 193)
PART THREE Image and Landscape
7 Travelers' Impressions of the National Road (JOHN A. JAKLE, page 227)
8 The Road as a Corridor for Ideas (HUBERT G. H. WILHELM, page 256)
9 The US 40 Roadside (KARL RAITZ, page 285)
10 The Interstate 70 Landscape (RICHARD H. SCHEIN, page 319)
PART FOUR The National Road as American Landscape Heritage
11 Never a Stationary Highway (GRADY CLAY AND KARL RAITZ, page 351)
12 Preserving a National Road Landscape (GLENN A. HARPER, page 376)
Coda: Access and Landscape (KARL RAITZ AND GRADY CLAY, page 415)
Appendix: Historic Archaeology and the National Road (page 419)
A Chronology of Contextual Events (page 423)
Notes (page 429)
References (page 447)
Contributors (page 471)
Index (page 475)

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THE NATIONAL ROAD

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THE ROAD AND AMERICAN CULTURE

, Drake Hokanson, Series Editor a George F. Thompson, Series Director

, Published in cooperation with the | Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia

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