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Author:

Jakle, John A.

Title:

The gas station in America / John A. Jakle & Keith A. Sculle.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

c1994

Description:

xi, 272 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Service stations--United States--History.
Architecture--United States--20th century.
Roadside architecture--United States.
Gasoline industry--United States.

Other Authors:

Sculle, Keith A.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-261) and index.

Contents:

Gas stations in generational perspective -- Place-product-packaging -- Marketing strategies in the petroleum industry -- Corporate territoriality -- The gas station as form -- Gas station design: the large corporation -- Gas station design: the small entrepreneur -- Gas stations as a feature of urban landscape.

Series:

Creating the North American landscape

ISBN:

9780801847240 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801847249 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801847230 (alk. paper)
9780801847233 (alk. paper)
9780801847233 (alk. paper) :
0801847230 (alk. paper) :

LCCN:

93036917

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

Z7OX851 -- Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

E7OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

WXPD305 -- Spirit Lake Public Library (Spirit Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)