Are we there yet?
Subtitle: the golden age of American family vacations
By: Susan Sessions Rugh.
Series: CultureAmerica; Culture America
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780700615889
Subjects: Vacations -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Vacations -- Social aspects -- United States; National characteristics, American; Family -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Description: When TV celebrity Dinah Shore sang "See the USA in your Chevrolet," 1950s America took her to heart. Every summer, parents piled the kids in the back seat, threw the luggage in the trunk, and took to the open highway. Chronicling this innately American ritual, Susan Rugh presents a cultural history of the American middle-class family vacation from 1945 to 1973, tracing its evolution from the establishment of this summer tradition to its decline.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-225) and index.