Profit ― getting more out of something than you put into it ― is the original genius of homo sapiens, who learned how to unleash the energy stored in wood, exploit the land, and refashion ecosystems. As civilization developed, we found more and more ways of extracting surplus value from the...

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- PROLOGUE: A Car of One's Own -- PART I: Before the Automobile, 1880-1905 -- 1 Roads and Reformers -- PART II: Dawn of the Motor Age, 1895-1919 -- 2 Automotive Pioneers -- 3 Building for Traffic -- Photo Gallery One -- PART III: Creating Car...

"Dans les décennies d'après-guerre, des milliers de kilomètres de routes et d'autoroutes sortent de terre pour soutenir l'intensification du trafic et relier, à travers les paysages agricoles remembrés, les métropoles aux zones industrielles, ports, aéroports, centrales électriques et...