The Gas Station in America
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Book Overview
In the first volume of their Gas, Food, Lodging trilogy, John Jakle and Keith Sculle offer a comprehensive history of the American gas station, exploring every aspect of this roadside icon, including... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801847230
ISBN13:9780801847233
Release Date:August 1994
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.78 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 7.3" x 10.3"
Customer Reviews
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Very solid overview of gas station evolution
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This book covers a wide range of issues related to the development of gas stations in America. Its primary focus is to show how the idea of the gas stationed developed and how it changed the cultural and physical landscape of America. There are wonderful pictures in here that show a wide range of gas stations and layouts around the city. It is also an excellent corporate history of oil companies and their role in serving as gas stations. It takes a look at the break up of Standard Oil and its subsidiaries to the mom and pop operations that ran across the country. The idea of product placement is loosely tied in throughout the book and I think the authors are forced to stretch to far to place it here. The book takes on a very academic quality with that discussion and for the general reader it will be a waste of time. As a historian I did not find it useful and I enjoyed the discussion of how these stations developed. Overall this is one of the best sources out there on how the gas station evolved and an excellent look at urban history.
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