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The American Drive-In
by Michael Karl WitzelSynopsis
The American Drive-In is a wonderful look at the nostalgic history, culture, and
folklore of the drive-in restaurant--its development and the role it played in American
folklife. Images from American Graffiti, Happy Days, and the finned and chromed cars from
the '50s and '60s set the tone for this colorful, memory-filled book.
Hardcover - 192 pages
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The American Drive-In Movie
Theatre
by Don Sanders, Susan Sanders
(Contributor), Donald A. SandersAmazon.com
Tracing the history, geography, and ideology of the American drive-in movie
theater, authors Don and Susan Sanders present a densely illustrated look at American
culture at its most shallow, sensual, and delightful. Noting the need of the newly created
class of motorized, moneyed teenagers of the 1940s and '50s to find a dark and private
place for their pubescent pastimes, the Sanders place the origin of this outdoor
entertainment form in the birth of popular culture. The sections on the amusement
park-style rides, refreshments, and attractions that were used to lure the bored and their
cash to this form of voyeurism are especially delightful (the "Mono-Rocket" ride
and the new high-speed food dispensers provide intriguing images of capitalist
inventiveness). In spite of its Pollyanna-ish tone, The American Drive-In Movie Theater
works as both a celebration and an insightful analysis of this passing phase of pre-couch
potato folly.
Synopsis
Few vanishing American venues can evoke as many nostalgic memories as drive-in
movie theaters. Once common across the country but now numbering fewer than 1,000,
American drive-in movie theaters are remembered in loving detail in this new book that
will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers. Loaded with archival photos and memorabilia,
this book covers the architecture of drive-in theaters and the automobiles that filled
their lots. 275 photos, 150 in color.
Hardcover - 160 pages
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