Are We There Yet?: The Golden Age of American Family Vacations

by Susan Sessions Rugh

Book Overview

When TV celebrity Dinah Shore sang "See the USA in your Chevrolet," 1950s America took her to heart. Every summer, parents piled the kids in the back seat, threw the luggage in the trunk, and took to the open highway. Chronicling this innately American ritual, Susan Rugh presents a cultural history of the American middle-class family vacation from 1945 to 1973, tracing its evolution from the establishment of this summer tradition to its decline.

The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700615881
• ISBN13: 9780700615889
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Poor D N Roth !

Poor D N Roth, book critic wannabe, cannot enjoy this lovely nostaglic trip of a book because said D N Roth is too anal and riddled with OCD. Shame ! Missing so much with a stick up the arse!