American Road Trip and American Political Thought

It’s hard to imagine the American dream without American road trips. This book takes readers on a journey through American road trip stories, revealing that they involve more than mere escapism—that they are an important and long-neglected source of American political thought.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Seekers
Chapter 2: The Walkers
Chapter 3: The Laborers
Chapter 4: The Bikers
Chapter 5: The Pretenders
Conclusion
Appendix: The Roads Not Taken
Bibliography
About the Author

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Susan McWilliams Barndt is chair and associate professor of the Department of Politics at Pomona College.

Zusammenfassung

It’s hard to imagine the American dream without American road trips. This book takes readers on a journey through American road trip stories, revealing that they involve more than mere escapism—that they are an important and long-neglected source of American political thought.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Susan McWilliams Barndt, Susan Mcwilliams Barndt
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781498556866
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5686-6
• Seiten: 138
• Serien: Politics, Literature, & Film; Politics, Literature, & Film
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, American political thought, American studies, Kerouac, road trips, Thoreau, travel narratives, Twain, Whitman, Political science & theory, Literature: history & criticism, United States of America, USA, Political science and theory, Literature: history and criticism