Book
Buyways : billboards, automobiles, and the American landscape / Catherine Gudis.
Record details
- ISBN: 0415934540 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780415934541 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0415934559 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780415934558 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: viii, 333 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2004.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-318) and index.. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Before the car -- Producing a landscape of signs -- A nation on wheels -- The culture of mobility -- Producing mobile audiences and corridors of consumption -- The aesthetics of speed and the powers of "picturization" -- Modern art and advertising -- Distributing traffic and trade: decentralization and the birth of the strip -- Visualizing distribution -- The consolidation and growth of national advertising -- Traffic and trade: "buying power in motion" -- An architecture of mobility -- The strip -- "The billboard war": scenic sisters and the business of highway beautification -- "The billboard war" -- When separate spheres collide -- The pastoral view -- "Billboard barons" -- Zoning and the road to federal legislation -- Losers and winners -- Conclusion: the road ahead. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | HF 5843 .G83 2004 | 30535207 | General Collection | Available | - |