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Hip to the Trip
Peter Dedek
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Description for Hip to the Trip
Paperback. Before and since its official closure in 1985, historic US 66 became associated with the deserts. Route 66 enjoyed only about thirty years of dominance as a primary auto and truck route from 1926 to around 1956. Recounting the history of Route 66, this title offers a comprehensive portrait of the cultural meaning of the highway. Num Pages: 208 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Before and since its official closure in 1985, historic U.S. 66 became associated with the deserts, Indians and cowboys of the Southwest, the ""Okies"" of the Great Depression, and the millions of vacationers who took to the highway in their streamlined automobiles and found adventure on the open road from the late 1940s to the 1970s. Route 66 has such name recognition that in the past twenty years it has been used to advertise products ranging from blue jeans, to root beer, to automobiles. The highway enjoyed only about thirty years of dominance as a primary auto and truck route ... Read more
Before and since its official closure in 1985, historic U.S. 66 became associated with the deserts, Indians and cowboys of the Southwest, the ""Okies"" of the Great Depression, and the millions of vacationers who took to the highway in their streamlined automobiles and found adventure on the open road from the late 1940s to the 1970s. Route 66 has such name recognition that in the past twenty years it has been used to advertise products ranging from blue jeans, to root beer, to automobiles. The highway enjoyed only about thirty years of dominance as a primary auto and truck route ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826341945
SKU
V9780826341945
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About Peter Dedek
Peter B. Dedek is assistant professor in the department of family and consumer sciences, Texas State University, San Marcos.
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