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Motoring : the highway experience in America /
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| Author |
Jakle, John A.
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| Call Number |
917.304 JAK |
| Publisher |
Athens : University of Georgia Press ; Chicago : In association with the Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago, |
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Subject
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Automobile travel -- United States -- History.
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Automobile driving -- United States.
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Roads -- United States.
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| URL |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0719/2007022330.html |
| Title Statement |
Motoring : the highway experience in America / John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle. |
| Description |
274 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| 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. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-261) and index. |
| Contributors |
Sculle, Keith A. |
| ISBN |
9780820330280 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
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0820330280 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
| LCCN |
2007022330 |
| Hold Requests |
0 |
| Bib No. |
1143133 |
