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Roads, tourism and cultural history : on the road in Australia / Rosemary Kerr.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Tourism and cultural change ; 53.Publisher: Bristol, UK ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA, USA : Channel View Publications, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: xiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1845416686
  • 9781845416683
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.48190994 23
LOC classification:
  • G155.A75 K47 2019
Contents:
1. Making Tracks; -- 2. The Call of the Open Road; -- 3. 'Discovering' Australia; -- 4. Travelling North; -- 5. 'Going Around': On the Road to Nowhere?; -- 6. Freedom on the Wallaby?; -- 7. What Goes on Tour...: Communities and Rituals of the Road; -- 8. Blood on the Bitumen: The Dark Side of the Road; -- 9. Politics and Protest on the Road; -- 10. Romancing the Road: Constructing Australian Icons; -- Are We There Yet? Conclusions on the Road; -- Select Bibliography; Index.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Making Tracks; -- 2. The Call of the Open Road; -- 3. 'Discovering' Australia; -- 4. Travelling North; -- 5. 'Going Around': On the Road to Nowhere?; -- 6. Freedom on the Wallaby?; -- 7. What Goes on Tour...: Communities and Rituals of the Road; -- 8. Blood on the Bitumen: The Dark Side of the Road; -- 9. Politics and Protest on the Road; -- 10. Romancing the Road: Constructing Australian Icons; -- Are We There Yet? Conclusions on the Road; -- Select Bibliography; Index.

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.

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