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Title Don't make me pull over! : an informal history of the family road trip / Richard Ratay.
Author Ratay, Richard,
Publication Info. New York, NY : Scribner, 2018.
©2018
Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description xii, 272 pages ; 24 cm
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ISBN 9781501188749 hardcover
1501188747 hardcover
9781501188756 paperback
1501188755 paperback
Note Includes index.
Contents Swerving through the seventies : a family boldly leaves its driveway -- Pioneers of the pavement : the long road to the interstates -- Hey, where's everybody going? : Americans set off to discover America -- Packed in like sardines : join us, won't you? -- Smokeys in the bush : dodging cops (and stops) on the interstates -- Time to pass : diversions, directions and discoveries -- Eating up the miles : dining while driving -- Inn and out : motels, hotels and invaders from space -- Heavy metal highways : land yachts, station wagons and "the Thing" -- Through the windshield together : a crash course in seatbelts and safety -- Up, up and away : all roads lead to the airport -- Leaving it all behind : the end of the road for road trips?
Summary Explores the history of the family road trip, how its evolution mirrored the evolution of the United States, and why road trips have largely disappeared.
Subject Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Family vacations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Added Title Do not make me pull over!
OCLC/Vendor # 1031429411
ISBN 9781501188749 hardcover
1501188747 hardcover
9781501188756 paperback
1501188755 paperback
Note Includes index.
Contents Swerving through the seventies : a family boldly leaves its driveway -- Pioneers of the pavement : the long road to the interstates -- Hey, where's everybody going? : Americans set off to discover America -- Packed in like sardines : join us, won't you? -- Smokeys in the bush : dodging cops (and stops) on the interstates -- Time to pass : diversions, directions and discoveries -- Eating up the miles : dining while driving -- Inn and out : motels, hotels and invaders from space -- Heavy metal highways : land yachts, station wagons and "the Thing" -- Through the windshield together : a crash course in seatbelts and safety -- Up, up and away : all roads lead to the airport -- Leaving it all behind : the end of the road for road trips?
Summary Explores the history of the family road trip, how its evolution mirrored the evolution of the United States, and why road trips have largely disappeared.
Subject Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Family vacations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Added Title Do not make me pull over!
OCLC/Vendor # 1031429411