Roads, tourism and cultural history : on the road in Australia /
Kerr, Rosemary, 1964-
Roads, tourism and cultural history : on the road in Australia / Rosemary Kerr. - xiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Tourism and cultural change ; 53 . - Tourism and cultural change ; 53. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Making Tracks; -- The Call of the Open Road; -- 'Discovering' Australia; -- Travelling North; -- 'Going Around': On the Road to Nowhere?; -- Freedom on the Wallaby?; -- What Goes on Tour...: Communities and Rituals of the Road; -- Blood on the Bitumen: The Dark Side of the Road; -- Politics and Protest on the Road; -- Romancing the Road: Constructing Australian Icons; -- Are We There Yet? Conclusions on the Road; -- Select Bibliography; Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Roads and road tourism loom large in the Australian imagination as distance and mobility have shaped the nation's history and culture. This book explores how Australians have experienced and imagined roads and road travel over time and offers a new way of thinking about roads and road tourism as important strands in a nation's cultural fabric.
1845416686 9781845416683
2018031278
Tourism--Social aspects--Australia
Automobile travel--Social aspects--Australia
G155.A75 / K47 2019
306.48190994
Roads, tourism and cultural history : on the road in Australia / Rosemary Kerr. - xiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Tourism and cultural change ; 53 . - Tourism and cultural change ; 53. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Making Tracks; -- The Call of the Open Road; -- 'Discovering' Australia; -- Travelling North; -- 'Going Around': On the Road to Nowhere?; -- Freedom on the Wallaby?; -- What Goes on Tour...: Communities and Rituals of the Road; -- Blood on the Bitumen: The Dark Side of the Road; -- Politics and Protest on the Road; -- Romancing the Road: Constructing Australian Icons; -- Are We There Yet? Conclusions on the Road; -- Select Bibliography; Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Roads and road tourism loom large in the Australian imagination as distance and mobility have shaped the nation's history and culture. This book explores how Australians have experienced and imagined roads and road travel over time and offers a new way of thinking about roads and road tourism as important strands in a nation's cultural fabric.
1845416686 9781845416683
2018031278
Tourism--Social aspects--Australia
Automobile travel--Social aspects--Australia
G155.A75 / K47 2019
306.48190994