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| Title | Dixie Highway in Murfreesboro: transportation and change in an early twentieth-century southern town |
| Author | Akerstrom, Megan Michelle |
| Date | 2010 |
| Coverage | 20th century |
| Publisher | Middle Tennessee State University |
| Place of Publication | Murfreesboro, TN |
| Description | A history thesis submitted to the Faculty of the College of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Arts |
| Abstract | "Dixie Highway in Murfreesboro: Transportation and Change in an Early Twentieth-Century Southern Town" is a documentary study of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, from its early history as a turnpike and railroad town to its mid-twentieth history as a midway point on the Dixie Highway. Murfreesboro, as with many southern towns, faced a period of great change with the introduction of automobile-centered highways in the first three decades of the twentieth century. This new highway route through the city opened the town to highway tourism, auto-related businesses, and social movements, such as the Good Roads Movement. The Dixie Highway acted as a catalyst that sped up the town's evolution into the mainstream American transportation and culture. |
| Physical Description | v, 80 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm |
| Series | History Department, M.T.S.U. |
| Subject-LCSH |
Dixie Highway -- History Roads -- Tennessee |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Genre | Thesis |
| Medium | Paper |
| Extent | 86 p |
| Language | eng |
| Copyright Status | Copyright protected. Reproduced with permission of the author. |
| Conditions for use | Copyright maintained by author. Academic and personal use only. |
| Contributing Institution | James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University |
| Digital Publisher | Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University |
| Source file | ht_akerstrom.pdf |
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| Title | ht_akerstrom 1 |
