20th Century Travel by Silver, Allison

20th Century Travel

Over the course of the twentieth century, travel experienced an unprecedented boom. As ocean liners broke speed...
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Author: Allison Silver
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20th Century Travel by Silver, Allison

20th Century Travel

Dhs. 142.22

20th Century Travel

Dhs. 142.22
Author: Allison Silver
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Over the course of the twentieth century, travel experienced an unprecedented boom. As ocean liners broke speed records, aerodynamic trains roared down tracks, and stylish boat-plane clippers evolved into jumbo jets, travel transformed from a cushioned journey of the elite into a convenient pastime for the general public.

With the mass production of automobiles, invention of airplanes, freeways and motels, America led the wanderlust phenomenon. With nearly 400 vintage print advertisements from the Jim Heimann Collection, this book documents the exponential expansion of American tourism, through the domestic and global, exclusive and popular, exotic and standardized adventure.

With an introduction, decade-by-decade analysis, and an illustrated timeline, rediscover the thrilling energy of this new age of mobility in which Americans climbed aboard locomotives or ships, jets or Greyhound buses to explore distant lands, or to see whole new sides to their own country.

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Author: Allison Silver
Publisher: Taschen
Published: 05/23/2016
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 7.80h x 6.20w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9783836553964

About the Author
Silver, Allison: - Allison Silver is a writer and editor based in New York City. A former contributing editor to Culture & Travel magazine, she was editor of The Los Angeles Times Sunday Opinion section, an editor of The New York Times Week in Review, and a founding editor of The Washington Independent.Heimann, Jim: - Jim Heimann is the Executive Editor for TASCHEN America. A cultural anthropologist, historian, and an avid collector, he has authored numerous titles on architecture, pop culture, and the history of Los Angeles and Hollywood, including TASCHEN's Surfing, Los Angeles. Portrait of a City, California Crazy, and the All-American Ads series.

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