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Diners, bowling alleys and trailer parks : chasing the American dream in the postwar consumer culture / Andrew Hurley.
- Title
- Diners, bowling alleys and trailer parks : chasing the American dream in the postwar consumer culture / Andrew Hurley.
- Author
- Hurley, Andrew, 1961-
- Publication
- New York : Basic Books, ©2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | HC110.C6 H87 2001 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xix, 409 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- The author explores the 1940s and '50s transformation of diners, bowling alleys, and trailer parks which "became physical manifestations of a newly urgent desire on the part of blue collar families to both enter the middle class and celebrate their arrival."--Jacket
- Subject
- Since 1900
- Consumption (Economics) > United States > History > 20th century
- Diners (Restaurants) > United States > History > 20th century
- Bowling alleys > United States > History > 20th century
- Trailers > United States > History > 20th century
- Middle class > United States > History > 20th century
- Mobile home parks > United States > History > 20th century
- Société de consommation > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Restoroutes > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Salles de quilles > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Parcs de maisons mobiles > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Classes moyennes > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Remorques > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Mobile home parks
- Bowling alleys
- Consumption (Economics)
- Diners (Restaurants)
- Economic history
- Middle class
- Trailers
- Wirtschaftliche Lage
- Mittelstand
- Verbraucherverhalten
- Voorsteden
- Arbeidersklasse
- Consumptiemaatschappij
- Woonwagencentra
- Bowling
- Cafetaria's
- United States > Economic conditions > 1945-
- États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 1945-
- United States
- USA
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-390) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction: Remaking the American Dream -- Diners -- Bowling Alleys -- Trailer Parks -- Conclusion: Giving Chase.
- ISBN
- 0465031862
- 9780465031863
- 0465031870
- 9780465031870
- LCCN
- 00058530
- OCLC
- 44634306
- SCSB-11601264
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library