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Author Soderstrom, Mary, 1942- author.

Title Road through time : the story of humanity on the move / Mary Soderstrom.

Publication Info. Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "In this thoroughly researched and beautifully written history of roads as vectors of change, Mary Soderstrom documents how routes of migration and transport have transformed both humanity and our planet. Accessible and entertaining, Road Through Time begins with the story of how anatomically modern humans left Africa to populate the world. She then carries us along the Silk Road in central Asia, and tells of roads built for war in Persia, the Andes, and the Roman Empire. She sails across the seas, and introduces the first railways, all before plunking us down in the middle of a massive, modern freeway. The book closes with a view from the end of the road, literally and figuratively, asking, can we meet the challenges presented by a mode of travel dependent on hydrocarbons, or will we decline, like so many civilizations that have come before us?"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Roads -- History.
Roads.
History.
Roads -- Social aspects -- History.
Roads -- Social aspects.
Travel -- History.
Travel.
Human beings -- Migrations.
Human beings -- Migrations.
Social change.
Social change.
Civilization.
Civilization.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version:Soderstrom, Mary, 1942- Road through time.: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press, [2017] ©2017 (CaOONL)20169075907
ISBN 9780889774780 (electronic book)
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