Are we there yet? : the golden age of American family vacations /
Rugh, Susan Sessions,
Are we there yet? : the golden age of American family vacations / Golden age of American family vacations Susan Sessions Rugh. - xii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - CultureAmerica . - Culture America. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-225) and index.
Introduction -- Selling the Family Vacation -- Pilgrimage -- Vacation without Humiliation -- Western Adventure -- Back to Nature -- Summer in the Country -- Epilogue -- Notes. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
When TV celebrity Dinah Shore sang "See the USA in your Chevrolet," 1950s America took her to heart. Every summer, parents piled the kids in the back seat, threw the luggage in the trunk, and took to the open highway. Chronicling this innately American ritual, Susan Rugh presents a cultural history of the American middle-class family vacation from 1945 to 1973, tracing its evolution from the establishment of this summer tradition to its decline.
0700615881 9780700615889
2008007368
Family vacations--History--United States--20th century.
Family vacations--Social aspects--United States
National characteristics, American
Families--History--United States--20th century
United States--Social life and customs--20th century
917.30492
Are we there yet? : the golden age of American family vacations / Golden age of American family vacations Susan Sessions Rugh. - xii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - CultureAmerica . - Culture America. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-225) and index.
Introduction -- Selling the Family Vacation -- Pilgrimage -- Vacation without Humiliation -- Western Adventure -- Back to Nature -- Summer in the Country -- Epilogue -- Notes. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
When TV celebrity Dinah Shore sang "See the USA in your Chevrolet," 1950s America took her to heart. Every summer, parents piled the kids in the back seat, threw the luggage in the trunk, and took to the open highway. Chronicling this innately American ritual, Susan Rugh presents a cultural history of the American middle-class family vacation from 1945 to 1973, tracing its evolution from the establishment of this summer tradition to its decline.
0700615881 9780700615889
2008007368
Family vacations--History--United States--20th century.
Family vacations--Social aspects--United States
National characteristics, American
Families--History--United States--20th century
United States--Social life and customs--20th century
917.30492