Winnebago Nation : : The RV in American Culture / / James B. Twitchell.
In Winnebago Nation, popular critic James B. Twitchell takes a light-hearted look at the culture and industry behind the yearning to spend the night in one's car. For the young the roadtrip is a coming-of-age ceremony; for those later in life it is the realization of a lifelong desire to be spo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 p.) :; ‹B›B&W Illus.: ‹/B›36; ‹B›Graphs: ‹/B›2. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Chapter One. THOREAU AT .29¢ $4.00 A GALLON. The Peculiar Place of the RV in American Culture
- Chapter Two. AT HOME ON THE ROAD. A Fleeting History of the American Dream in RVs
- Chapter Three. WHEEL ESCAPE. Consumption Communities on the Road
- Chapter Four. PARK IT. From Kampgrounds of America to the Slabs
- Chapter Five. THE RISE AND FALL AND RISE AND FALL ... OF THE RV IN AMERICA
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INDEX