Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike
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Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike by Angus Kress Gillespie
Two American Studies professors from Rutgers University here show how the New Jersey Turnpike--that ugly icon, '' America's widest and most traveled'' road--has found its way into the minds, if not the hearts, of artists and drivers alike. In poet Allen Ginsberg, singer Bruce Springsteen, commuters and roadside home owners lulled to sleep by its drone of traffic, this 12-lane asphalt monster has inspired powerful reactions, from admiration to anger. The authors consider the first asparagus patch plowed up to lay the road; the $70,000 salary a contemporary toll-taker can earn with hefty overtime; and the not infrequent lawlessness of the highway patrol. From the gray-flannel-suit diligence that built it, to the mixture of necessity, practicality and venality that maintains it, the New Jersey Turnpike proves to be an enthralling though unlikely subject.
Angus Kress Gillespie teaches American Studies at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. A Fulbright professor and a New York Times best-selling author, he has written on subjects ranging from skyscrapers to superhighways. Gillespie is the author of Twin Towers and the coauthor of Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike (both Rutgers University Press).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813514666 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813514665 |
| Title | Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike |
| Author | Angus Kress Gillespie |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
| Year published | 1992-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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