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20th Century Travel Allison Silver

20th Century Travel By Allison Silver

20th Century Travel by Allison Silver


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Hop on board a locomotive, ocean liner, Greyhound bus, or jumbo jet and rediscover all the energy of America's new age of mobility. This bumper collection of vintage print advertisements captures the exponential expansion of American tourism, from a cushioned journey of the elite into a convenient pastime for the general public.

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20th Century Travel by Allison Silver

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.

20th Century Travel Reviews

It's a reminder of an era before long-distance travel was taken for granted - a history of our deepest travel fantasies. * Wanderlust *
Join the jet set - spread your wings with this gorgeous hardback. * Sunday Express Magazine *

About Allison Silver

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. 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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GOR013614319
9783836553964
3836553961
20th Century Travel by Allison Silver
Used - Like New
Hardback
Taschen GmbH
20160406
464
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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