TY - BOOK AU - Kerr,Rosemary TI - Roads, tourism and cultural history: on the road in Australia T2 - Tourism and cultural change SN - 1845416686 AV - G155.A75 K47 2019 U1 - 306.48190994 23 PY - 2019///] CY - Bristol, UK, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, USA PB - Channel View Publications KW - Tourism KW - Social aspects KW - Australia KW - Automobile travel N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -