Degree Type
Thesis
Date of Award
2011
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
History
First Advisor
Charles M. Dobbs
Abstract
Iowa's Lincoln Highway is a case study of how a highway bypass impacted the small Iowa town of Jefferson in 1958. The study is based on numerous primary sources including local newspapers and published reports from the Iowa Department of Transportation. Throughout automobile transportation history, safety and convenience have always been at the forefront of road improvement. Paradoxically, these same principles that once created a thriving transportation economy in Jefferson also destroyed it.
Copyright Owner
Nicholas Michael Sherman
Copyright Date
2011
Language
en
Date Available
2012-04-28
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
49 pages
Recommended Citation
Sherman, Nicholas Michael, "Iowa's Lincoln Highway: The Social and Political Transformations of Automotive History and the Economic Impacts of Small Town Iowa" (2011). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 10465.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/10465
