The roadhouse comes to Britain : drinking, driving and dancing, 1925-1955 /
"This is the first book to examine the cultural phenomenon of the roadhouse in mid 20th-century Britain and its impact on British leisure. The term 'roadhouse' was used in varied ways in the 1930s, from small roadside tearooms to enormous establishments on the outskirts of major citie...
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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London ; New York, NY :
Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2017.
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| Accesso online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1496564 |
Sommario:
- Gaudy Shacks and Palaces
- Transatlantic Transgressions
- Driving to the Roadhouse
- Negotiating Class
- Americanization and Modernity
- The Roadhouse in the Public Imagination
- Death of the Roadhouse?
- Appendix: Catalogue of Interwar British Roadhouses.