9780801853838-0801853834-The Motel in America (The Road and American Culture)

The Motel in America (The Road and American Culture)

ISBN-13: 9780801853838
ISBN-10: 0801853834
Author: Professor John A. Jakle, Professor Keith A. Sculle, Professor Jefferson S. Rogers
Publication date: 1996
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Hardcover 408 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780801853838
ISBN-10: 0801853834
Author: Professor John A. Jakle, Professor Keith A. Sculle, Professor Jefferson S. Rogers
Publication date: 1996
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Hardcover 408 pages

Summary

The Motel in America (The Road and American Culture) (ISBN-13: 9780801853838 and ISBN-10: 0801853834), written by authors Professor John A. Jakle, Professor Keith A. Sculle, Professor Jefferson S. Rogers, was published by The Johns Hopkins University Press in 1996. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Buildings (Architecture) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Motel in America (The Road and American Culture) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Buildings books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $3.2.

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In the second volume of the acclaimed "Gas, Food, Lodging" trilogy, authors John Jakle, Keith Sculle, and Jefferson Rogers take an informative, entertaining, and comprehensive look at the history of the motel. From the introduction of roadside tent camps and motor cabins in the 1910s to the wonderfully kitschy motels of the 1950s that line older roads and today's comfortable but anonymous chains that lure drivers off the interstate, Americans and their cars have found places to stay on their travels. Motels were more than just places to sleep, however. They were the places where many Americans saw their first color television, used their first coffee maker, and walked on their first shag carpet.

Illustrated with more than 230 photographs, postcards, maps, and drawings, The Motel in America details the development of the motel as a commercial enterprise, its imaginative architectural expressions, and its evolution within the place-product-packaging concept along America's highways. As an integral part of America's landscape and culture, the motel finally receives the in-depth attention it deserves.

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