Americans on the Road: From Autocamp to Motel, 1910-1945
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (988 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262021234 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is also the author of Appetite for Change: How the Counterculture Took on the Food Industry.. Warren James Belasco is professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Good stuff! I am not totally sure why I enjoyed this book about the early years of car touring so much. The writer is very good at placing the specific history in the context of the changing attitudes and lifestyles of the times, which is big part of the appeal. The topic is also something that I am really interested in (history of roadside culture). Books like this always push me forward in terms of learning more about modern consumerism. I guess I am slowly tr
"A marvelously documented study of the evolution of American touring habits and of the infrastructure that arose to support them." -- New York Times"Beyond being a thoroughly researched and insightful account of the origins of the motel industry, Americans on the Road is a major contribution to our understanding of basic processes of change in twentieth-century American civilization. This first-class analysis of a facet of the American automobile revolution is brilliantly conceived, erudite, and entertaining. It is the most important book on American tourism to appear since Earl Pomeroy's 1957 In Search of the Golden West and deserves to be read by anyone interested in American social and/or cultural history." -- James J. Flink, Journal of American History
In 'Americans on the Road', Warren James Belasco uses travel magazines, trade journals, and diaries to "look at what Americans actually did 'with' their cars rather than try to judge what cars did 'to' Americans." Belasco begins with the earliest days of automobile travel in America.