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Overview"Route 66 was the iconic highway of twentieth-century America, stretching from Chicago and the Mississippi River basin to Los Angeles and the Pacific coast, and it connected Americans not only physically but also culturally as an enduring symbol found in classic songs, films, television, and pop art. Arthur Krim explores here the fascinating and complex symbolism behind the famous roadway in this vibrantly illustrated and innovative study. Route 66 traces the iconography of U.S. Highway 66 first as an idea, then as a fact, and finally as a symbol in American culture. Krim chronicles the history of Route 66 as part of a larger plan to conquer and settle the Native American lands of the Great Plains and Southwest. While the antecedents of Route 66 are to be found in the wagon trails and railroad routes of the nineteenth century, the construction of Route 66 in the twentieth century ushered in the revolutionary era of the modern highway and automobile travel. Krim looks at how the highway transcended its gravel and concrete physicality to become a metaphor for the American spirit of exploration and democratic freedom. He draws on a wealth of examples to examine how Route 66 evolved through each generation, from John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath to Bobby Troup's carefree ""(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66"" to the anger and alienation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Combining history and metaphor, literature and images, Krim explores how Route 66 compressed disparate events and cultural ideas into the treasured national memory that the road is now." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Arthur Krim , Denis WoodPublisher: Center for American Places,US Imprint: Center for American Places,US Dimensions: Width: 21.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.00cm Weight: 1.128kg ISBN: 9781930066359ISBN 10: 193006635 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 15 May 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsRoute 66 is a scholarly tour de force. No other book comes close to establishing just what the road's 'roots' really are. It should stand for years as the definitive voice regarding Route 66 and its physical and social origins. - John A. Jakle, coauthor of The Gas Station in America and Lots of Parking """Route 66 is a scholarly tour de force. No other book comes close to establishing just what the road's 'roots' really are. It should stand for years as the definitive voice regarding Route 66 and its physical and social origins."" - John A. Jakle, coauthor of The Gas Station in America and Lots of Parking""" Author InformationArthur Krim is an independent writer, geographer, architectural historian, and founding member of the Society for Commercial Archaeology who has worked with various institutions, including the Cambridge Historical Commission, the Massachusetts Historical Commission, Clark University, and the Boston Architectural Center. Denis Wood is an independent writer and geographer and was previously professor of design at North Carolina State University. His many books include The Power of Maps and Five Billion Years of Global Change: A History of the Land. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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