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Dirt Roads to Dixie: Accessibility and Modernization in the South, 1885-1935

Author Name    Preston, Howard Lawrence

Title   Dirt Roads to Dixie: Accessibility and Modernization in the South, 1885-1935

Book Condition   New.

Seller ID   1027L593796

Paperback. Brand-new softcover 1991 University of Tennessee Press. STILL IN PUBLISHER'S SHRINKWRAP. Superclean; no marks; never opened. 206 pages; Index; Notes; bibliographic essay; Chronology; black-and-white photos. Language: English. 'At the conclusion of the nineteenth century, one of the issues that attracted the attention of reformers in the South was road improvements. Populists who subscribed to the tenets of the good roads movement sought to provide farmers with better access to markets, make the cultural and employment opportunities of cities more available, and perhaps even halt the mass exodus of young people from the farms.'--from back cover. Keywords: automobile, Southern, United States, America, American, studies, construction, long-distance, tourist, tourism, highways, interstate, route, motorist, economic, prosperity, transportation, travel.

Price = 18.00 USD

 



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