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03209aam a2200433 i 4500 001 233A4B6E43B011E497DA81C6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140924010026 008 130723s2014 nyua 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013029058 020 $a 0231167784 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780231167789 (cloth : alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d CDX $d YUS $d OCLCO $d ILM $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a TL298 $b .T95 2014 100 1 $a Twitchell, James B., $d 1943- 245 10 $a Winnebago nation : $b the RV in American culture / $c James B. Twitchell. 260 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c [2014] 300 $a 179 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 22 cm 500 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a Thoreau at $4.00 a gallon: the peculiar place of the RV in American culture -- At home on the road: a fleeting history of the American dream in RVs -- Wheel escape: consumption communities on the road -- Park it: from Kampgrounds of America to the Slabs -- The rise and fall and rise and fall and... of the RV in America. 520 $a In 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. 650 0 $a Recreational vehicles $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Mobile homes $z United States $x History. 651 0 $a United States $x Social life and customs. 650 7 $a Manners and customs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01007815 650 7 $a Mobile homes. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01024249 650 7 $a Recreational vehicles. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01091919 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 941 $a 6 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508021208.0 952 $l MBPE423 $d 20180717034521.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826091255.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20150514030053.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20150331010432.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20140924010958.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=233A4B6E43B011E497DA81C6DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search