by Belloc · Cluster: History · Catholicism · Europe
Abstract
A historical and theoretical essay (commissioned by a concrete engineering firm) on the road as a fundamental human institution. Belloc argues that roads should be consciously designed rather than left to haphazard growth, and traces the five great phases of the English road from the British trackway and Roman military road through the Dark Ages to the turnpikes, warning that a sixth transformation is now upon motor-age Britain.
Capitoli / Chapters
- Chapter 14: THE FUTURE
- Chapter 1: THE ORIGIN OF ROADS
- Chapter 4: THE OBSTACLE OF VEGETATION
- Chapter 5: POLITICAL INFLUENCES
- Chapter 7: THE ROAD IN HISTORY
- Chapter 8: THE “BLINDNESS” OF ENGLISH ROADS
- Chapter 9: FIVE STAGES
- Chapter 11: THE MAKING OF THE ROMAN ROAD
- Part 2: , Sketch IV, The ROMAN ROAD SCHEME
- Part 2: , Sketch V Part II, Sketch VI
- Part 2: , Sketch VII Part II, Sketch VIII
- Chapter 12: THE DARK AGES
- Part 2: , Sketch IX
- Part 2: , Sketch X
- Part 2: , Sketch XI
Connections
Forms & Genres: Essay, History, Nonfiction Themes & Concepts: Critique of Progress, Nature vs Civilization, Tradition, Labor and Work, Order vs Chaos Motifs: Road, Journey, River Historical References: Ancient Rome, Roman History, Industrial Revolution Settings: Rural England Topoi: Journey of Life