Roads, Tourism and Cultural History : : On the Road in Australia / / Rosemary Kerr.
Roads and road tourism loom large in the Australian imagination as distance and mobility have shaped the nation's history and culture, but roads are more than simply transport routes; they embody multiple layers of history, mythology and symbolism. Drawing on Australian travel writing, diaries...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Contemporary 2016-2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2018] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Tourism and Cultural Change ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations and Metric Conversions
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Imagining the Road
- 1. Making Tracks
- 2. The Call of the Open Road
- 3. 'Discovering' Australia
- 4. Travelling North
- 5. 'Going Around': On the Road to Nowhere?
- 6. Freedom on the Wallaby?
- 7. What Goes on Tour... .: Communities and Rituals of the Road
- 8. Blood on the Bitumen: The Dark Side of the Road
- 9. Politics and Protest on the Road
- 10. Romancing the Road: Constructing Australian Icons
- Are We There Yet? Conclusions on the Road
- Select Bibliography
- Index