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Route 66 - Iconography of the American Highway (Hardcover)
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Route 66 - Iconography of the American Highway (Hardcover)
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Route 66 was the iconic highway of twentieth-century America,
stretching from Chicago and Chicago and the Mississippi River basin
to Los Angeles and the Pacific coast, and it connected Americans
not only physically but also culturally as an enduring symbol found
in classic songs, films, television, and pop art. Arthur Krim
explores here the fascinating and complex symbolism behind the
famous roadway in this vibrantly illustrated and innovative study.
"Route 66" traces the iconography of U.S. Highway 66 first as an
idea, then as a fact, and finally as a symbol in American culture.
Krim chronicles the history of Route 66 as part of a larger plan to
conquer and settle the Native American lands of the Great Plains
and Southwest. While the antecedents of Route 66 are to be found in
the wagon trails and railroad routes of the nineteenth century, the
construction of Route 66 in the twentieth century ushered in the
revolutionary era of the modern highway and automobile travel.
Krim looks at how the highway transcended its gravel and concrete
physicality to become a metaphor for the American spirit of
exploration and democratic freedom. He draws on a wealth of
examples to examine how Route 66 evolved through each generation,
from John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" to Bobby Troup's
carefree "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" to the anger and alienation
of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," Combining history and metaphor,
literature and images, Krim explores how Route 66 compressed
disparate events and cultural ideas into the treasured national
memory that the road is now.
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