The Road

About this eBook

Author

Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953

Credits

Tim Lindell, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

TE: Technology: Highway engineering, Roads and pavements

Subject

Roads -- Great Britain

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 65304

Release Date

May 10, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.THE ROAD
5. 5.THE CONTENTS
6. 6.THE ILLUSTRATIONS
7. 7.AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION
8. 8.A PREFACE
9. 9.Untitled
10. 10.CHAPTER I THE ORIGIN OF ROADS — i — ii
11. 11.CHAPTER II THE CROSSING OF MARSH AND WATER — i — ii — iii — iv
12. 12.CHAPTER III PASSABILITY — i — ii — iii
13. 13.CHAPTER IV THE OBSTACLE OF VEGETATION — i — ii
14. 14.CHAPTER V POLITICAL INFLUENCES — i — ii
15. 15.CHAPTER VI THE REACTION OF THE ROAD — i — ii — iii — iv
16. 16.Untitled
17. 17.CHAPTER VII THE ROAD IN HISTORY — i — ii
18. 18.CHAPTER VIII THE “BLINDNESS” OF ENGLISH ROADS — i — ii — iii — iv
19. 19.CHAPTER IX FIVE STAGES — i — ii
20. 20.CHAPTER X THE TRACKWAYS — i — ii — iii — iv
21. 21.CHAPTER XI THE MAKING OF THE ROMAN ROAD — i — ii — iii — iv
22. 22.CHAPTER XII THE DARK AGES — i — ii — iii — iv — v — vi — vii
23. 23.CHAPTER XIII WHEELED TRAFFIC AND THE MODERN ROAD — i — ii — iii — iv — v
24. 24.CHAPTER XIV THE FUTURE — i — ii — iii — iv — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.INDEX
26. 26.Transcriber’s Notes:

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