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Routes Of Man, The: How Roads Are Changing The World And The Way We Live Today (2010)

by Ted Conover(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1441859276 (ISBN13: 9781441859273)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Brilliance Audio

review 1: The six sections of this book hang together well because Conover is in each story fully present, altitude-sick as he crosses a fourteen-thousand foot pass in the cab of a Peruvian cargo truck, or shivering in a cave in a cliff wall above a frozen river, eating monkey with woodcutters in the rain forest, or being pursued by Lagosian street thugs as he hangs in the open doorway of a slow-moving then stalled-out taxi-van. It's not just adventure travel, however. Conover draws intelligent conclusions about how roads change lives and landscapes.
review 2: If you really want to understand transporation & trade in the modern world, this book is a must. The roads Conover travels upon are found in Peru & Brazil, where the Transamerican Highway will connect South Amer... moreica from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Kenya & Uganda, where a lot gets shipped in but very little gets shipped out; Kashmir, where extreme isolation is as much of a problem as the Pakistan/India conflict over this land; China, where self-driving tours are all the rage; Lagos, Nigeria, where even the best intentions such as American-donated ambulances can't do much good because of traffic congestion; & Israel/Palestine, where roads allow one to commute to the war front (very even-handed view of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict). Transportation affects culture in countless ways, & Conover gives keen insight into the everyday culture of the peoples & lands he visits. less

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