billboards, automobiles, and the American landscape /
First Statement of Responsibility
Catherine Gudis.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (viii, 333 pages) :
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illustrations (some color)
SERIES
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Cultural spaces series
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-318) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Before the car -- Producing a landscape of signs -- A nation on wheels -- The culture of mobility -- Producing mobile audiences and corridors of consumption -- The aesthetics of speed and the powers of "picturization" -- Modern art and advertising -- Distributing traffic and trade: decentralization and the birth of the strip -- Visualizing distribution -- The consolidation and growth of national advertising -- Traffic and trade: "buying power in motion" -- An architecture of mobility -- The strip -- "The billboard war": scenic sisters and the business of highway beautification -- "The billboard war" -- When separate spheres collide -- The pastoral view -- "Billboard barons" -- Zoning and the road to federal legislation -- Losers and winners -- Conclusion: the road ahead.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Title
Buyways.
International Standard Book Number
0415934559
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Advertising, Outdoor-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Automobile travel-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Billboards-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Consumption (Economics)-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Panneaux d'affichage-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
Publicité extérieure-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
Société de consommation-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
Voyages en automobile-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.