Winnebago Nation - The Rv in American Culture

The popular critic takes to the road to explore the allure of the nomadic life in a house on wheels.

List of contents

1. Thoreau at $4.00 a Gallon: The Peculiar Place of the RV in American Culture
2. At Home on the Road: A Fleeting History of the American Dream in RVs
3. Wheel Escape: Consumption Communities on the Road
4. Park It: From Kampgrounds of America to the Slabs
5. The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall and... of the RV in America
Acknowledgments
Index

About the author

James B. Twitchell taught English and advertising at the University of Florida for many years and is the author of Adcult USA, Lead Us Into Temptation, and Where Men Hide. He has traveled up and down the Eastern Seaboard in a small RV with his wife and driven across the Deep South, up to Newfoundland, and all the way to Alaska.

Summary

The popular critic takes to the road to explore the allure of the nomadic life in a house on wheels.

Product details

• Authors: James Twitchell, James B Twitchell, James B. Twitchell
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.04.2014
• EAN: 9780231167789
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16778-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, HOUSE & HOME / Outdoor & Recreational Areas, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, TRANSPORTATION / Automotive / History, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Subjects & Themes / Americana