Getting Out of the Mud

Getting Out of the Mud
Author: Martin T. Olliff
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2017-07-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0817319557

When roads were bad -- Alabamians become wide-awake to good roads -- State highways take the lead -- Peering beyond the state's boundaries: named trails and interstate highways -- Laying the foundation for a modern highway system -- Alabama administers its highway program

Nation within a Nation

Nation within a Nation
Author: Glenn Feldman
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0813065291

From the Constitutional Convention to the Civil War to the civil rights movement, the South has exerted an outsized influence on American government and history while being distinctly anti-government. It continues to do so today with Tea Party politics. Southern states have profited immensely from federal projects, tax expenditures, and public spending, yet the region's relationship with the central government and the courts can, at the best of times, be described as contentious. Nation within a Nation features cutting-edge work by lead scholars in the fields of history, political science, and human geography, who examine the causes—real and perceived—for the South's perpetual state of rebellion, which remains one of its most defining characteristics.

Yearbook of Transnational History

Yearbook of Transnational History
Author: Thomas Adam
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2020-09-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 1683932730

The Yearbook of Transnational History is dedicated to disseminating pioneering research in the field of transnational history. This third volume is dedicated to the transnational turn in urban history. It brings together articles that investigate the transnational and transatlantic exchanges of ideas and concepts for urban planning, architecture, and technology that served to modernize cities across East and Central Europe and the United States. This collection includes studies about regionals fairs as centers of knowledge transfer in Eastern Europe, about the transfer of city planning among developing urban centers within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, about the introduction of the Bauhaus into American society, and about the movement for constructing paved roads to connect cities on a global scale. The volume concludes with a historiographical article that discusses the potential of the transnational perspective to urban history. The articles in this volume highlight the movement of ideas and practices across various cultures and societies and explore the relations, connections, and spaces created by these movements. The articles show that modern cities across the European continent and North America emerged from intensive exchanges of ideas for almost every aspect of modern urban life.

A Model for Identifying and Evaluating the Historic Significance of Post-World War II Housing

A Model for Identifying and Evaluating the Historic Significance of Post-World War II Housing
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2012
Genre: Dwellings
ISBN: 9780309258531

The report, which contains numerous illustrations and photographic examples of postwar housing, will also serve as an important reference document for cultural preservation professionals. Vast numbers of postwar houses--located in every American city, town, suburb, and rural area--are either currently more than 50 years old or will soon become 50 years old, and are thus potentially eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (National Register). Because of the passage of time, the number of potentially eligible houses will increase dramatically in the next decade, presenting a major challenge to DOT decision makers and preservation planners.