Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 262 g
Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 262 g
ISBN: 978-1-60938-821-8
Verlag: University of Iowa Press
Plato’s solution was a map-and-directory combo that used direction and distance from a local business center to give farmers a real address, just like city dwellers. He patented his invention called the “Clock System” and tried to sell it to the Post Office Department. What follows is a tale of persistence and failure as rural farming declined and technology and capitalism overtook John Byron Plato’s chances at geographic immortality.
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- Preface
- 1. No Real Address
- 2. Denver
- 3. Semper
- 4. Exploiters and Advocates
- 5. Ithaca
- 6. Ohio
- 7. Washington, DC
- 8. Camp Plato Place
- 9. Remission
- 10. Postmortem
- Acknowledgments
- Notes