ID - 36132135 TI - Driving Europe : building Europe on roads in the twentieth century PY - 2008 SN - 9789052603087 9052603081 9786613259639 904852119X 128325963X 9789048521197 6613259632 PB - Amsterdam : Aksant, DB - UniCat KW - Roads KW - Transportation, Automotive KW - History KW - Transport. Traffic KW - anno 1900-1999 KW - Europe KW - Highways KW - Roadways KW - Thoroughfares KW - Transportation KW - Highway engineering KW - Pavements KW - History. KW - Automotive transportation KW - Highway transportation KW - Motor carriers KW - Motor transportation KW - Road transportation KW - Automobiles KW - Social aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:36132135 AB - Today we can hardly imagine life in Europe without roads and the automobiles that move people and goods around. In fact, the vast majority of movement in Europe takes place on the road. Travelers use the car to explore parts of the continent on their holidays, and goods travel large distances to reach consumers. Indeed, the twentieth century has deservedly been characteried as the century of the car. The situation looked very different around 1900. People crossing national borders by car encountered multiple hurdles on their way. Technically, they imported their vehicle into a neighboring country and had to pay astronomic import duties. Often they needed to pass a driving test in each country they visited. Early on, automobile and touring clubs sought to make life easier for traveling motorists. International negotiations tackled the problems arising from differing regulations. The resulting volume describes everything from the standardied traffic signs that saved human lives on the road to the Europabus taking tourists from Stockholm to Rome in the 1950s. Driving Europe offers a highly original portrait of a Europe built on roads in the course of the twentieth century. ER -