Killer on the road : violence and the American interstate / Ginger Strand.

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Strand, Ginger Gail

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Discovering America seriesPublication details: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (vi, 252 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780292742109
029274210X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Killer on the road.DDC classification:

364.152/30973 23

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HV6524 .S77 2012eb

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Contents:

Introduction: Killer on the Road -- What a Mean World This Is -- Forklift -- The Cruelest Blow -- American Isolato -- Drive-by Truckers -- A Prayer for the Body Buried by the Interstate.

Summary: Looks at the correlation between the construction of the Interstate Highway system and the rise in the national murder rate, highlighting specific killers and how the highway system changed America.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Killer on the Road -- What a Mean World This Is -- Forklift -- The Cruelest Blow -- American Isolato -- Drive-by Truckers -- A Prayer for the Body Buried by the Interstate.

Looks at the correlation between the construction of the Interstate Highway system and the rise in the national murder rate, highlighting specific killers and how the highway system changed America.

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