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Motoring : the highway experience in America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jakle, John A.
Other Authors: Sculle, Keith A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : Chicago : University of Georgia Press ; In association with the Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago, [2008]
Series:Center books on American places.
Subjects:
Automobile travel > United States > History.
Automobile driving > United States.
Roads > United States.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of 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.