Bulldozer : demolition and clearance of the postwar landscape /: demolition and clearance of the postwar landscape. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Francesca Russello Ammon.
• Authors: Ammon, Francesca Russello
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Culture of Clearance; Part One: Bulldozers at War; 1 "A Dirt Moving War": Engineers and Seabees as World War II Heroes; 2 Prime Movers: Equipment Manufacturers Prepare for Postwar Prosperity; Part Two: Bulldozers at Work; 3 Grading Groves and Moving Mountains: Suburban Land Clearance in Orange County, California; 4 "Armies of Bulldozers Smashing Down Acres of Slums": Urban Renewal Demolition in New Haven, Connecticut; 5 "The Intricate Blending of Brains and Brawn": Engineering the Postwar Highway Boom; Part Three: Bulldozers of the Mind 6 Unearthing "Benny the Bulldozer": Children's Books and Tonka Trucks7 Bulldozers as Paintbrushes: Earthworks and Building Cuts in Conceptual Art; Conclusion: Toward a Culture of Conservation; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
• Publisher Details: New Haven, [Connecticut] London, [England] : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Subjects: 631.510954918; Bulldozers; Bulldozers -- History -- 20th century; Bulldozers; Bulldozers -- Histoire -- 20e siècle; bulldozers; Bulldozers; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0300220545; 9780300220544
• Related ISBNs: 9780300200683; 0300200684
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 15, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.