Cruisin': Car Culture in America

ISBN-10: 0760301484
ISBN-13: 9780760301487
Pages: 160
Language: English
Published: 1997
Publisher: Motorbooks International Publishers & Wholesalers
Authors: Michael Karl Witzel, Kent Bash

Description

Put on your chinos, comb back your hair, hop in your deuce coupe, crank up the radio, and prepare to cruise! This light-hearted look back at the social and cultural activity spawned by the automobile is filled with historical photographs, new color photos and specially commissioned artwork by artist Kent Bash. A lively text examines all aspects of this popular pasttime, including classic cruising venues like Detroits Woodward Avenue, street racing, cruisers versus the law, popular music, cinema and television.

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