The Gas Station in America (Creating the North American Landscape)
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (823 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801847249 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Illustrated with more than 150 maps, photos, and drawings, and highly recommended. The most significant features of our landscape are often invisible to us. For example: how often have you wondered about the evolution of the gas station? How many gas stations are there in the U.S.? Are gas stations increasing or decreasing in number? What do Bauhaus and feminism have to do with gas station architecture? Whether or not these questions have kept you awake at night (or been asked of you during job interviews), this delightful hybrid between architectural history, economics, pop-culture studies, and geogr
Lehigh History Student said Very solid overview of gas station evolution. This book covers a wide range of issues related to the development of gas stations in America. Its primary focus is to show how the idea of the gas stationed developed and how it changed the cultural and physical landscape of America. There are wonderful pictures in here that show a wide range of gas stations and layouts around the city. It is also an excellent corporate history of oil companies and their role in serving as gas stations. It takes a look at the break up of Standard Oil and its subsidiaries to the . Academic Approach really.Ok Book.Some B&W Pics. Ok overall book, More of a Academic approach to the book, A Little boring at times, But Nice layout, Couple pics all B&W sadly. Need A Revised Version,This is from 199Academic Approach really.Ok Book.Some B&W Pics. Jose Lopez Ok overall book, More of a Academic approach to the book, A Little boring at times, But Nice layout, Couple pics all B&W sadly. Need A Revised Version,This is from 1994. Overall,Can't Complain, For .01 cent I got it for(Minus The s/h charge) Good Investment.. . Overall,Can't Complain, For .01 cent I got it for(Minus The s/h charge) Good Investment.. Gas Stations of the past to the present A Customer I think that this book really is a great resource to people who are interested in American history and how an industry can evolve over the decades. The information regarding the retail petroleum industry itself was a little bit thin. I would have liked to see how the industry boomed when cars became a necessity to Americans and how the gas station industry handled that. The pictures in the book make the book very likable even to the everyday person picking up the book off of a coffee table. It takes older America
Richly illustrated with more than 150 images--postcards of gas stations, vintage ads, maps, and other memorabilia--this book bears witness to an economic and cultural phenomenon that continues to be a defining part of the American experience.. From the quaint curbside filling stations of the 1910s to the novelty designs of the 1920s (when stations were built to resemble English cottages, Greek temples, Dutch windmills, and Spanish missions) to the Bauhaus-inspired stations of the 1930s to today's nationwide chains of brightly lit look-alikes, The Gas Station in America is the definitive book on the subject. In the first volume of their celebr