Title Don't make me pull over! : an informal history of the family road trip / Richard Ratay.

Publication Info.	New York : Scribner, 2018.
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Edition	First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description	xii, 272 pages ; 24 cm
Note	Includes index.
Contents	Swerving through the seventies : a family boldly leaves its driveway -- Pioneers of the pavement : the long road to the interstates -- Hey, where's everybody going? : Americans set off to discover America -- Packed in like sardines : join us, won't you? -- Smokeys in the bush : dodging cops (and stops) on the interstates -- Time to pass : diversions, directions and discoveries -- Eating up the miles : dining while driving -- Inn and out : motels, hotels and invaders from space -- Heavy metal highways : land yachts, station wagons and "the Thing" -- Through the windshield together : a crash course in seatbelts and safety -- Up, up and away : all roads lead to the airport -- Leaving it all behind : the end of the road for road trips?
Summary	Explores the history of the family road trip, how its evolution mirrored the evolution of the United States, and why road trips have largely disappeared.
Subject	Automobile travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Family vacations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
	Automobile travel. (OCoLC)fst00823217
	Family vacations. (OCoLC)fst01745893
	Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
	Popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01071344
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title	Do not make me pull over!
ISBN	9781501188749 (hardcover)
	1501188747 (hardcover)
	9781501188756 (paperback)
	1501188755 (paperback)
	9781501188763 (ebook)

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