Parking Cars in America, 1910-1945: A History

by Kerry Segrave

With its decentralized urban areas, pollution, and mostly inadequate public transit systems, America pays a heavy price for its dependency on cars. This volume explores one of the more pressing aspects of the problem--storage--from 1910 to the end of World War II, contrasting the reality and perception of car parking as found in the pages of the popular newspapers and magazines. From early bans on street parking to street widening efforts to the introduction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786470070
• ISBN13: 9780786470075
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher