Roadtown :: TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I
When I Began to Think	17
How I came to invent Roadtown	18
CHAPTER II
A New Conception of Transportation	21
Transportation in nature	23
Our disjointed civilization	27
CHAPTER III
Line Distribution—The Logical Outcome	31
Transportation determines the form of cities	33
Building in one dimension	35
A line of city through the country	38
CHAPTER IV
The Roadtown Plan of Construction	40
To be built of cement	41
The railroad will be noiseless	43
Speed possibilities	46
The street upon the roof	53
CHAPTER V
Civilization Through Pipes and Wires	59
Water	63
Sewerage	64
Heating	65
Refrigeration	65
Drinking water	66
Bath and toilet	67
Gas	68
Vacuum	68
Disinfecting gas	69
Electric light	69
Electric power	69
Telephones	70
Dictograph	71
Telegraphone	72
CHAPTER VI
Roadtown Housekeeping	74
Woman’s work not specialized	74
No laundry work at home	76
Dusting and sweeping	78
Making beds by machinery	79
CoÖperative cooking practical	81
The end of household drudgery	84
CHAPTER VII
The Servant Problem in Roadtown	89
CHAPTER VIII
Roadtown Agriculture	90
Sufficient land to support population	93
Elimination of the middle man	99
CoÖperative ownership of farm tools	100
CHAPTER IX
Industry Returns to the Home	102
Wage slavery doomed	103
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