I am a history graduate student currently working on a project about
the experience of roads, motor vehicles, and changing communications and
mobility in non-western / third-world cultures during the twentieth
century. Right now I am trying to compile a bibliography on the subject
and would appreciate any suggestions H-AFRICA participants could
offer.
Anything on the subject of how people have related to roads
interests me, whether it is a discussion of what the government,
community, or a business hoped to achieve by building it; what
happened once a road arrived (direct and indirect consequences such
as the arrival of a consumer economy); as well as uses of motor
vehicles, increased communication, and the road for less
conventional purposes (such as slaughtering sheep). Issues of vehicle
traffic (bicycle, motor vehicles, ox-carts) would also be
interesting to look at. Sources could be from history, economics,
engineering, sociology, literature, films, travel accounts, etc. If
anyone would like a copy of the bibliography once I'm done, I'd be
happy to supply it. Thanks for your help.
Please send any references or suggestions to me at
Waters@ccit.arizona.edu
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EDITOR'S NOTE:
Comments to the list on this topic would
also be welcome, but please also send a
copy to Wendy.
mep
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