Hip to the Trip: A Cultural History of Route 66, by Peter B. Dedek
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Before and since its official closure in 1985, historic US 66 became associated with the deserts, Indians, and cowboys of the Southwest; the "Okies" of the Great Depression; and the millions of vacationers who took to the highway in their streamlined automobiles and found adventure on the open road from the late 1940s to the 1970s. Route 66 has such name recognition that in the past 20 years it has been used to advertise products ranging from blue jeans, to root beer, to automobiles.
The highway enjoyed only about 30 years of dominance as a primary auto and truck route from 1926 to around 1956. Gradually replaced by interstates into the 1980s, Route 66 became forever fixed in the history and lore of the Southwest and the United States. Route 66 provides a unique vantage point from which to better understand American popular culture from the 1920s to the present.
The purpose of this audiobook is not to simply recount the history of Route 66, but to create a comprehensive portrait of the cultural meaning of the highway. What was Route 66 at its pinnacle, what is it today, and what might it become in the future?
Hip to the Trip: A Cultural History of Route 66, by Peter B. Dedek- Amazon Sales Rank: #55477 in Audible
- Published on: 2015-03-13
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Running time: 353 minutes
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A Short, Digestible Story of the "Mother Road" By Terry Sunday As an indefatigable traveler and inveterate road-tripper who has visited every state in America, I do everything possible to avoid chain motels, chain restaurants and chain tourist attractions. I say proudly that I have not eaten at a McDonalds or Burger King in many years, and that most of the miles that I drive in rental cars during vacations are on interesting back roads, not on Interstate highways. Route 66, formerly the nation's major highway between Chicago and Los Angeles, has always held a special fascination for me. Even though I have not yet driven most of the remaining sections of the "Mother Road," an extended drive on as much of it as I can manage is high on my "To Do" list.When I make that drive, Peter B. Dedek's "Hip to the Trip: A Cultural History of Route 66," will have done a lot to prepare me for it. His book is not a travelogue. Nor is it a photo chronicle. It is exactly what it says it is--a cultural history. At a short 131 pages, "Hip to the Trip" is scholarly in tone, comprehensive in content, and includes well-chosen photographs, a color plate section, 20 pages of detailed notes and a useful nine-page bibliography. Despite its academic mien, it is interesting and accessible, and should be a valuable resource if you're looking for something deeper than a book filled with pretty pictures.I found Dr. Dedek's analysis of stereotyping in the marketing of Route 66, long before the time of the Interstate highway system, to be especially interesting. Much of this aimed to attract tourists from the East, and to reinforce their romantic notions of wild, wild West culture that they had gained from Hollywood movies. The reality was very different. For example, business promoters in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona shamelessly hyped the image of the cowboy as a drawling Anglo Saxon hero, despite the fact that one-third of real cowboys on cattle drives in the days of the "Old West" were black or Mexican. Similarly, Native Americans, who were barred from entering the faux adobe trading posts around which they danced for the tourists and sold souvenir trinkets, were idealized as "noble savages," uncorrupted by Western civilization.Dr. Dedek shows how today's nostalgia for simpler times, as epitomized by the idea of Route 66 as the iconic "Main Street of America," is really a case of selective memory. After you read "Hip to the Trip," you'll realize that the "good old days," on which you may look back with fond memories, were probably not, in reality, what you thought they were. It's a fascinating, insightful and thought-provoking read.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Short Route 66 Reading List By Gregory L. Dolce For the many of us Route 66 buffs, books like this one are a true God send. By that, I mean a book that shows us the Route in all its many aspects: good, bad and the normal. It avoids the path of commercial books, most of the ones out since 1990, that promote the Route in terms of commerce and charactors. This book features a broad history of the Route and includes that along with the other elements.I was reading one of the comments here and noted the political edge to it. I guess we're all entitled, but, come on, this book isn't a political commentary. I've found many people holding such POV's tend to see things as black or white. When a book like this comes along, and it's not shouting praise to great captains of enterprise (and how they fleeced all of those Route 66 travelers, as if it was a sport or something) it takes hits as a subversive effort. The book doesn't veer left, it goes beyond typical Route 66 books, giving us some careful insight. I guess if that's subversion then I'm a communist. I'm not knocking the comment, but Route 66 has a great and varied history. That history includes more than 'commerce and charactors' or the effects of tourist's dollars on towns, many of which wouldn't have survived had it not been for the road. A well rounded Route 66 history is also the history of America, Americans, their movements, the spread of our culture and even wealth. But, your head is in the sand if all it is to you is Cozy Dogs, The Wagon Wheel Hotel or the Cheroke Trading Post(s).That said I'd rate this book right up there with several Route 66 classics, such as Tom Teague's 'Searching For 66' (Samizdat-1991/1996) and Jill Schneider's 'Across New Mexico' (UNM Press-1991) as the most rounded, insightful looks at America's Main Street, Route 66.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. It's a great trip By D. Brigham Being interested in the history of automotive transportation and intrigued by the colorful and well-designed cover of this book, I was not disappointed when I read it. It is a well-thoughtout and fascinating story of one of the most well-known highways in U.S. history. I think that the postcards and author's photographs, illustrating parts of this highway and structures along it, also contribute greatly to an understanding of Route 66, both past and present.
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