The national road dispatches from a changing America
"The National Road is a collection of essays about American places, each dealing with contentious matters: religion, politics, sex, race, poverty, loss and the stubborn persistence of national pride, despite abundant reasons for cynicism. An important question lies at the heart of this collection: w...
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Berkeley, California :
Counterpoint Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First hardcover edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The national road : |b dispatches from a changing America / |c Tom Zoellner. |
| 250 | |a First hardcover edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Berkeley, California : |b Counterpoint Press, |c 2020. | |
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| 300 | |a 263 pages ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 520 | |a "The National Road is a collection of essays about American places, each dealing with contentious matters: religion, politics, sex, race, poverty, loss and the stubborn persistence of national pride, despite abundant reasons for cynicism. An important question lies at the heart of this collection: what does it mean to "belong" in America in the midst of an era when rootedness to a particular piece of ground means less than at any time during our history? These essays cover a wide range of subjects: the changing geography of pornography, the proliferation of "dollar stores," the unique pain of losing a house, the joy and futility of cross-country drives, the ways that certain town governments can turn vicious, the quest to stand upon the topographical roof of every state, a journey into the wilderness to find the body of a notorious killer, a unique examination of the most "American" major religion in the gloom past midnight, a personal eulogy for the metropolitan daily newspaper. From their particular angles, they all examine changing definitions of this shared soil. In a time of collective unease, the American land - this magnificent 3.7 million square miles -- is the lowest denominator of what we have in common"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Your land -- Mormon historical sites at night -- Drive -- Spillville -- The national road -- The whole hoop of the world -- Late city final -- Villages -- The valley -- Welcome to Dirtytown -- Searchlight -- King Philip's shadow -- Home ground -- At the end there will be strangers. | |
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| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Social conditions |y 21st century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Migration, Internal |z United States. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Social life and customs |y 21st century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Social change |z United States. | |
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| 690 | 0 | |a Guadagnino, Frank tribute. | |
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