LEADER 03603nam 2200625 450 001 9910792288703321 005 20230126204542.0 010 $a0-231-53765-4 024 7 $a10.7312/twit16778 035 $a(CKB)2560000000151828 035 $a(EBL)1634829 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001133192 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12433340 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001133192 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11157610 035 $a(PQKB)10962215 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000964677 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1634829 035 $a(DE-B1597)458531 035 $a(OCoLC)1041879452 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231537650 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1634829 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10860859 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL608763 035 $a(OCoLC)900214879 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000151828 100 $a20140428h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWinnebago nation $ethe RV in American culture /$fJames B. Twitchell ; cover & interior design by Martin N. Hinze 210 1$aNew York ;$aChichester, England :$cColumbia University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-231-16778-4 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tChapter One. THOREAU AT .29˘$4.00 A GALLON. The Peculiar Place of the RV in American Culture --$tChapter Two. AT HOME ON THE ROAD. A Fleeting History of the American Dream in RVs --$tChapter Three. WHEEL ESCAPE. Consumption Communities on the Road --$tChapter Four. PARK IT. From Kampgrounds of America to the Slabs --$tChapter Five. THE RISE AND FALL AND RISE AND FALL ... OF THE RV IN AMERICA --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tINDEX 330 $aIn Winnebago Nation, popular critic James B. Twitchell takes a light-hearted look at the culture and industry behind the yearning to spend the night in one's car. For the young the road trip is a coming-of-age ceremony; for those later in life it is the realization of a lifelong desire to be spontaneous, nomadic, and free. Informed by his own experiences on the road, Twitchell recounts the RV's origins and evolution over the twentieth century; its rise, fall, and rebirth as a cultural icon; its growing mechanical complexity as it evolved from an estate wagon to a converted bus to a mobile home; and its role in bolstering and challenging conceptions of American identity. Mechanical yet dreamy, independent yet needful, solitary yet clubby, adventurous yet homebound, life in a mobile home is a distillation of the American character and an important embodiment of American exceptionalism, (Richie Rich and Hobo Hank spend time in essentially the same rig at the same campground, albeit for different reasons and in different levels of comfort.) The frontier may be tapped out but we still yearn for the exploratory life. Twitchell concludes with his thoughts on the future of RV communities and the possibility of mobile cities becoming a real part of the American landscape. 606 $aRecreational vehicles$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMobile homes$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aRecreational vehicles$xHistory. 615 0$aMobile homes$xHistory. 676 $a303.48/32 700 $aTwitchell$b James B.$f1943-$0458247 702 $aHinze$b Martin N. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792288703321 996 $aWinnebago nation$93851833 997 $aUNINA