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Garage
Automobility and Building Innovation in America's Early Auto Age
Av John A. Jakle, Keith A. Sculle
Häftad, 2013
342 kr
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The garage—whether used for automobile storage, parking, repair, or sales—has been an American commonplace for so long that it is surprising how little attention it has drawn from scholars tracing the country’s architectural and cultural heritage. In this compellingly written and profusely …
Picturing Illinois
Twentieth-Century Postcard Art from Chicago to Cairo
Av John A. Jakle, Keith A. Sculle
Häftad, 2015
239 kr
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At the outset of the twentieth century the debut of the American picture postcard incited widespread enthusiasm for collecting and sending postcard art that lasted decades. In Picturing Illinois, John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle examine a diverse set of 200 vintage Illinois picture postcards …
Supplanting America's Railroads
The Early Auto Age, 1900–1940
Av John A. Jakle, KEITH A. SCULLE
Häftad, 2016
415 kr
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With their speed and geographical reach, America’s railroads reigned supreme through much of the nineteenth century, knitting together the sprawling country as no other mode of transportation was able to do. Around 1900, however, an upstart challenger—the automobile— arrived on the scene. At first …
Lots of Parking
Land Use in a Car Culture
Av John A. Jakle, Keith A. Sculle
Häftad, 2005
302 kr
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This lively and exhaustive study traces the history of parking from the curbside to the rise of public and commercial parking lots and garages and the concomitant demolition of the old pedestrian-oriented urban infrastructure. In an accessible style enhanced by a range of interesting and unusual …
Motoring
The Highway Experience in America
Av John A. Jakle, Keith A. Sculle
Häftad, 2009
577 kr
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Motoring unmasks the forces that shape the American driving experience—commercial, aesthetic, cultural, mechanical—as it takes a timely look back at our historically unconditional love of motor travel. Focusing on recreational travel between 1900 and 1960, John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle cover …
Signs in America's Auto Age
Signatures of Landscape and Place
Av John A. Jakle, Keith A. Sculle
Häftad, 2004
247 kr
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Cultural geographer John Jakle and historian Keith Sculle explore the ways in which we take meaning from outdoor signs and assign meaning to our surroundings. With an emphasis on how to use signs the authors consider the vast array of signs that have evolved since the beginning of the 20th century.
