Motoring : the highway experience in America / John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle

Author:: Jakle, John A.
Published:: Athens : University of Georgia Press ; Chicago : In association with the Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago, [2008]
Copyright Date:: ©2008
Physical Description:: 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators:: Sculle, Keith A.

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Series:

Center books on American places

Contents:

Motoring : an introduction -- America's good roads search -- Detour ahead : rebuilding America's roads -- Highways as public prerogative -- Dealerships and garages -- The tourist's roadside -- Rejecting the roadside as landscaped landscape -- Limited-access highways as dream fulfillment -- Motoring by truck -- Motoring by bus -- Convenience in store -- The highway experience : a conclusion.

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ISBN:

9780820330280 (hard cover : alk. paper)
0820330280 (hard cover : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-261) and index.

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