Bulldozer: Demolition and Clearance of the Postwar Landscape

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By Francesca Russello Ammon ’98

Published May 20, 2016

Francesca Russello Ammon ’98 releases the first history of the bulldozer, a machine that went from military weapon to essential tool and source of problems in the rapid industrial growth post-Word War II.  Ammon currently works as an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania in city and regional planning and historic preservation.

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An inside look up the inside of a building, with four floors and a dinosaur skeleton visible.
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