Hip to the trip : a cultural history of Route 66 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dedek, Peter B., 1964-
Imprint:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2007.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 169 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Express highways -- Social aspects -- United States. Cultural landscapes -- United States. Cultural landscapes. Express highways -- Social aspects. United States Highway 66 -- History. United States. United States -- United States Highway 66. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11154279

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ISBN:	9780826341952 0826341950 9780826341945 0826341942
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-163) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Before and since its official closure in 1985, historic U.S. 66, popularly know as Route 66, has generated nostalgia for the people and places of the Southwest. Owing its name recognition to everything from the Okies' desperate migrations in search of work to a popular pop song, the famous highway has generated enough commercial nostalgia in the popular imagination to lend its Route 66 moniker to such diverse products as blue jeans, root beer, and automobiles." "The legendary road, and the nostalgia for it, provides a unique vantage point from which to better understand American popular culture from the 1920s to the present." "The purpose of this book is to create a comprehensive portrait of the cultural meaning of the highway. What was Route 66 at its pinnacle, what is it today, and what might it become in the future?"--BOOK JACKET.
Other form:	Print version: Dedek, Peter B., 1964- Hip to the trip. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2007 9780826341945 0826341942

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