The Road Taken: The History and Future of America's Infrastructure
Autor Henry Petroskien Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 apr 2016
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781632863607
ISBN-10: 163286360X
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: B&W illustrations throughout.
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 163286360X
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: B&W illustrations throughout.
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Caracteristici
URGENT
TOPIC:
Our
crumbling
infrastructure
affects
individual
lives
and
our
local
and
national
economy
and
future.
Notă biografică
Henry
Petroskiis
the
Aleksandar
S.
Vesic
Professor
of
Civil
Engineering
and
a
professor
of
history
at
Duke
University.
He
is
the
author
of
numerous
books,
includingThe
Pencil:
A
History
of
Design
and
Circumstance,
To
Engineer
Is
Human:
The
Role
of
Failure
in
Successful
Design,
The
House
with
Sixteen
Handmade
Doors:
A
Tale
of
Architectural
Choice
and
Craftsmanship,
Engineers
of
Dreams:
Great
Bridge
Builders
and
the
Spanning
of
America,
andThe
Essential
Engineer.
He
lives
in
North
Carolina.
Recenzii
Petroski
provides
valuable
historical
context
to
inform
today's
policy
debates.
A thorough account of how our highway system got to be what it is.
A characteristically eye-opening look at America's infrastructure . . . Anyone with an interest in the way things work will want this book--and will doubtless emerge as a fan of the ever curious author.
[Petroski] excels at revealing the origins of everyday, utilitarian things. His previous books include histories of the toothpick and the pencil, and his latest contribution bristles with fascinating details about the elements of road design we often overlook.
Mr. Petroski . . . cherishes roads and bridges, and his book is a loving look at everything-materials, expertise, politics, money, culture-that goes into their creation and maintenance. It is also a passionate appeal to Americans to accept responsibility for keeping their infrastructure safe and viable. . . . A labor of love [by] a lucid writer.
[Petroski] has a clear eye, a mellifluous prose style and a knack for spicing deep research with personal anecdotes.
This is vital reading.
Public infrastructure is often deemed interesting only to policy wonks, but Petroski . . . proves that he can make it accessible and fascinating for a wider readership . . . His book may well move readers to lobby their elected officials.
Petroski's goal is to ask how, given the importance of the car to the US economy and mobility, federal and state governments have allowed the country's infrastructure to reach crisis point. But he goes beyond hand wringing. With an engineer's technical knowledge and a historian's eye, he offers a nuanced argument about the political, financial and engineering calculus that contributes to failures.
One of the clearest (and most entertaining) cases yet for why we must improve the network of roads, bridges, and highways we take for granted.
A compelling work of history written by a guy with a feeling for the humanities and the grit of a practical engineer. (Where did people like him go?) . . . This book is your entry into revitalizing where you live by bringing politicians to task.
InThe Road Taken: The History and Future of America's Infrastructure, Henry Petroski, Duke professor of civil engineering and the reliably fascinating author of books about how stuff gets to be stuff, provides the backstory to the American system of roads, streets, interstates and highways. The book is never less than interesting and is often fascinating.
Petroski brings welcome exposure to processes that, like infrastructure itself, too often hide in plain sight.
Timely and insightful . . . Petroski's book offers a rare engineer's perspective on a debate too often dominated by economists and politicians.
A thorough account of how our highway system got to be what it is.
A characteristically eye-opening look at America's infrastructure . . . Anyone with an interest in the way things work will want this book--and will doubtless emerge as a fan of the ever curious author.
[Petroski] excels at revealing the origins of everyday, utilitarian things. His previous books include histories of the toothpick and the pencil, and his latest contribution bristles with fascinating details about the elements of road design we often overlook.
Mr. Petroski . . . cherishes roads and bridges, and his book is a loving look at everything-materials, expertise, politics, money, culture-that goes into their creation and maintenance. It is also a passionate appeal to Americans to accept responsibility for keeping their infrastructure safe and viable. . . . A labor of love [by] a lucid writer.
[Petroski] has a clear eye, a mellifluous prose style and a knack for spicing deep research with personal anecdotes.
This is vital reading.
Public infrastructure is often deemed interesting only to policy wonks, but Petroski . . . proves that he can make it accessible and fascinating for a wider readership . . . His book may well move readers to lobby their elected officials.
Petroski's goal is to ask how, given the importance of the car to the US economy and mobility, federal and state governments have allowed the country's infrastructure to reach crisis point. But he goes beyond hand wringing. With an engineer's technical knowledge and a historian's eye, he offers a nuanced argument about the political, financial and engineering calculus that contributes to failures.
One of the clearest (and most entertaining) cases yet for why we must improve the network of roads, bridges, and highways we take for granted.
A compelling work of history written by a guy with a feeling for the humanities and the grit of a practical engineer. (Where did people like him go?) . . . This book is your entry into revitalizing where you live by bringing politicians to task.
InThe Road Taken: The History and Future of America's Infrastructure, Henry Petroski, Duke professor of civil engineering and the reliably fascinating author of books about how stuff gets to be stuff, provides the backstory to the American system of roads, streets, interstates and highways. The book is never less than interesting and is often fascinating.
Petroski brings welcome exposure to processes that, like infrastructure itself, too often hide in plain sight.
Timely and insightful . . . Petroski's book offers a rare engineer's perspective on a debate too often dominated by economists and politicians.