Lingua: Inglese
Editore: The University of Akron Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 188483695X ISBN 13: 9781884836954
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: New.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: The University of Akron Press, Akron, OH, 2005
ISBN 10: 188483695X ISBN 13: 9781884836954
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This is a true interdisciplinary work which includes a thorough analytical assessment of the Los Angeles rail programme, with a focus on the Long Beach Blue Line light rail-the first of the new projects to go ahead. En route, it shows that ridership forecasting for this project was not only biased and statistically invalid, but in fact done to justify decisions made on other grounds. This unusual book develops a novel theory of myth to explain the construction of rail passenger transit in Los Angeles when it had little to offer the needs of a dispersed autopolis, whose urgent but dispersed public transportation needs could have been better served by developing the regional bus system. The author conducted interviews and performed the detective work necessary to reveal an unlikely logic that held together a network of symbols, images, and metaphors that together present powerful mythical beliefs in the guise of truth. A political analysis shows how consensus was reached to proceed with the light rail to Long Beach, but political explanations are ultimately found lacking, because they cannot explain why decision-makers would want to put the rail in place.It is only when provocative metaphors-of the need to connect communities and to restore a mythical balance to a dysfunctional transportation system-and symbols-of escape from the pressure cooker of poverty, of urban success, power and, indeed sexual acumen-are surfaced, that we realise that Los Angeles' Transport of Delight is the result of the very human need to transcend complexity by providing mythical creations that appear to offer easy answers to society's deepest problems. An interdisciplinary work which includes an analytical assessment of the Los Angeles rail programme, with a focus on the Long Beach Blue Line light rail. It shows that ridership forecasting for this project was not only biased and statistically invalid, but in fact done to justify decisions made on other grounds. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of Akron Press, The, 2005
ISBN 10: 1884836941 ISBN 13: 9781884836947
Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Post Road / Mary Cotton, Cambridge, MA, 2005
ISBN 10: 0970443099 ISBN 13: 9780970443090
Da: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Softcover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. Cambridge, MA: Post Road / Mary Cotton. Fine. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 0970443099 . First edition. Magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 5.5" x 8.5"], 239+ pages, illustrated [including a section of color photographs by Andrew Richmond], index. Fine copy. 119E.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: The University of Akron Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 188483695X ISBN 13: 9781884836954
Da: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Regno Unito
EUR 11,84
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Aggiungi al carrellopaperback. Condizione: Very Good. Transport of Delight: The Mythical Conception of Rail Transit in Los Angeles (Technology and the Environment (Paperback)) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Resuscitation Council (UK), 2011
ISBN 10: 1903812259 ISBN 13: 9781903812259
Da: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, Regno Unito
EUR 5,59
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloPaperback. Condizione: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. HARDCOVER.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: The University of Akron Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 1884836941 ISBN 13: 9781884836947
Da: Bill & Ben Books, Faringdon, Regno Unito
EUR 5,92
Quantità: 3 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardback. Condizione: New. Transport of Delight is a true interdisciplinary work, and includes a thorough analytical assessment of the Los Angeles rail program, with a focus on the Long Beach Blue Line light rail-the first of the new projects to go ahead. En route, it shows that ridership forecasting for this project was not only biased and statistically invalid, but in fact done to justify decisions made on other grounds. This unusual book develops a novel theory of myth to explain the construction of rail passenger transit in Los Angeles when it had little to offer the needs of a dispersed autopolis, whose urgent but dispersed public transportation needs could have been better served by developing the regional bus system. The author conducted interviews and performed the detective work necessary to reveal an unlikely logic that held together a network of symbols, images, and metaphors that together present powerful mythical beliefs in the guise of truth. A political analysis shows how consensus was reached to proceed with the light rail to Long Beach, but political explanations are ultimately found lacking, because they cannot explain why decision-makers would want to put the rail in place. It is only when provocative metaphors-of the need to connect communities and to restore a mythical balance to a dysfunctional transportation system-and symbols-of escape from the pressure cooker of poverty, of urban success, power and, indeed sexual acumen-are surfaced, that we realize that Los Angeles' Transport of Delight is the result of the very human need to transcend complexity by providing mythical creations that appear to offer easy answers to society's deepest problems.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: The University of Akron Press -, 2005
ISBN 10: 188483695X ISBN 13: 9781884836954
Da: Bahamut Media, Reading, Regno Unito
EUR 11,84
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrellopaperback. Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.
hardcover. Condizione: Very Good.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: The University of Akron Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 188483695X ISBN 13: 9781884836954
Da: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Irlanda
EUR 17,77
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: New. 2005. Perfect Paperback. . . . . .
Editore: Southern African Migration Project, Cape Town, 2000
ISBN 10: 1919798145 ISBN 13: 9781919798141
Da: Quickhatch Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Prima edizione
EUR 6,75
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloSaddle-stitched. Condizione: Very Good. First. 35pp., notes, tables. Migration Policy Series No. 20. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Second Sight Productions 01/11/2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 0955736706 ISBN 13: 9780955736704
Da: Bahamut Media, Reading, Regno Unito
EUR 21,61
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: The University of Akron Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 188483695X ISBN 13: 9781884836954
Da: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
EUR 21,05
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: New. 2005. Perfect Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Da: Castle Hill Books, Llandrindod Wells, Regno Unito
EUR 8,31
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Fine. 102pp, illustrated, bound in VG/F glazed boards; Oblong Quarto.
EUR 10,00
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Good. Original pictorial boards, illustrated with numerous colour photographs, oblong (circa 22x27cm).
EUR 10,00
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Good. Original pictorial boards, illustrated with numerous colour photographs, oblong (circa 22x27cm).
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: The University of Akron Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 188483695X ISBN 13: 9781884836954
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
EUR 28,99
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Paperback. Condizione: As New. Brand New Book, Tiny ding to top of spine.
Da: The Raven and the Writing Desk, Ruawai, NORTH, Nuova Zelanda
Prima edizione
EUR 6,73
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Good. Jonathan Root, Eric Richmond and Other Photographers (illustratore). First.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: American Biological Safety Association, 2002
ISBN 10: 1882147634 ISBN 13: 9781882147632
Da: Star Canyon Books, Woodland, CA, U.S.A.
Softcover. American Biological Safety Associetion. 2002. Mundelein, IL. Softcover. Quarto (large format). Very good. Book is clean, with strong binding, no spine crease, no tears, no writing, and is suggestive of a book that has not been read or perused. Illustrated with photographs and drawings in black and white. Some of the subjects covered are biological warfare, infectious diseases, security considerations, containment facilities.
EUR 26,83
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.
Editore: Farming Press Ipswich, 1998
Da: J. R. Young, Birmingham, Regno Unito
EUR 3,56
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 8½"x10½" (21.5x26.5cm), landscape format. Reprint. The evolution of the modern agricultural tractor from the Massey Ferguson 135 of 1964 to the New Holland 8560 of 1996. pp166(2) with over 200 colour photo illustrations, and index. Hardback / hard cover: colour-illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. VERY GOOD copy.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: American Public Health Association, 1997
ISBN 10: 0875532314 ISBN 13: 9780875532318
Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Condizione: New. pp. 322 1st Edition.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: The University Of Akron Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 188483695X ISBN 13: 9781884836954
Da: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Regno Unito
EUR 28,17
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:9781884836954.
EUR 37,62
Quantità: 4 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: New. pp. 322.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: The University Of Akron Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 188483695X ISBN 13: 9781884836954
Da: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Regno Unito
EUR 29,38
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:9781884836954.
Da: Biblios, Frankfurt am main, HESSE, Germania
EUR 38,02
Quantità: 4 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: New. pp. 322.
Da: Romtrade Corp., STERLING HEIGHTS, MI, U.S.A.
Condizione: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.
Condizione: Brand New. New. US edition. Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service.