Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. When Two Tribes Were One -- 2. Pioneers -- 3. Mastodons to Motorways -- 4. Who Owns the Roads? -- 5. Speed -- 6. Width -- 7. Hardtop History -- 8. "What the Bicyclist Did for Roads" --...

Throughout the period 1871-1938, the average British worker was better off than the average German worker, but there were significant differences between major sectors. For the aggregate economy, the real wage gap was about the same as the labour productivity gap, but again there were important...