20th Century Travel
Over the course of the twentieth century, travel experienced an unprecedented boom. As ocean liners broke speed records, aerodynamic trains roared down tracks, and stylish boat-plane clippers evolved into jumbo jets, travel transformed from a cushioned journey of the elite into a convenient pastime for the general public. With the mass production of automobiles, invention of airplanes, freeways and motels, America led the wanderlust phenomenon. With nearly 400 vintage print advertisements from the Jim Heimann Collection, this book documents the exponential expansion of American tourism, through the domestic and global, exclusive and popular, exotic and standardized adventure. With an introduction, decade-by-decade analysis, and an illustrated timeline, rediscover the thrilling energy of this new age of mobility in which Americans climbed aboard locomotives or ships, jets or Greyhound buses to explore distant lands, or to see whole new sides to their own country.
460 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2016 by Taschen · ISBN 9783836553964
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2 editions
English
- 20th Century Travel · Taschen · 2016 · ISBN 9783836553964 This page
Other (sp)
- 20th Century Travel: 100 Años De Anuncios De Viaje = 100 Anni Di Pubblicità Di Viaggi = 100 Anos De Publicidade De Viagens · Taschen · 2010 · ISBN 9783836519427
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