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The Resource Don't make me pull over! : an informal history of the family road trip, Richard Ratay

Don't make me pull over! : an informal history of the family road trip, Richard Ratay

Label
Don't make me pull over! : an informal history of the family road trip
Title
Don't make me pull over!
Title remainder
an informal history of the family road trip
Statement of responsibility
Richard Ratay
Title variation
  • Do not make me pull over
  • Do not make me pull over!
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
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
Cataloging source
PNX
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Ratay, Richard
Dewey number
306.0973/0904
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Automobile travel
  • Family vacations
  • Popular culture
  • United States
Label
Don't make me pull over! : an informal history of the family road trip, Richard Ratay
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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 desperation -- 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 highway safety -- Up, up and away : all roads lead to the airport -- Leaving it all behind : the end of the road for road trips?
Control code
on1041841359
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Extent
xii, 272 pages
Isbn
9781501188749
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2018000125
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
Don't make me pull over! : an informal history of the family road trip, Richard Ratay
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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 desperation -- 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 highway safety -- Up, up and away : all roads lead to the airport -- Leaving it all behind : the end of the road for road trips?
Control code
on1041841359
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Extent
xii, 272 pages
Isbn
9781501188749
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2018000125
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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