The Motel in America (The Road and American Culture) [New ed.] 0801869188, 9780801869181

Hit the Road, Jack: Essays on the Culture of the American Road 9780773587861

Revealing the road as an icon of American culture - always under construction.

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Life Behind the Lobby: Indian American Motel Owners and the American Dream 9780804782029

This book examines how Indian American motel owners have created a successful immigrant business niche, yet still suffer

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Exiled in America: Life on the Margins in a Residential Motel 9780231542395

Residential motels have long been places of last resort for many vulnerable Americans—released prisoners, people with di

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The Road from Runnymede: Magna Carta and constitutionalism in America

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An American family: the Great War and corporate culture in America 9780814251003, 9780814209080

The relationship between government and business in America during World War I is fully explored in a study that examine

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Music and the Road: Essays on the Interplay of Music and the Popular Culture of the American Road 150133526X, 978-1501335266

Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Paul Simon-these familiar figures have written road m

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Music and the road: Essays on the interplay of music and the popular culture of the American road 9781501335266, 9781501335297, 9781501335280

Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Paul Simon—these familiar figures have written road m

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The Road Out: A Teacher's Odyssey in Poor America 9780520953710

Can one teacher truly make a difference in her students’ lives when everything is working against them? Can a love for l

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The Road to Charleston: Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution

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Cruel and Unusual: The Culture of Punishment in America 9780300155495

The statistics are startling. Since 1973, America’s imprisonment rate has multiplied over five times to become the highe

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