America's Main Street Hotels - Jakle, John; Sculle, Keith
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In small cities and towns across the United States, Main Street hotels were iconic institutions. Often literally at the centre of their communities, these hotels sustained and energized their regions and were centres of culture and symbols of civic pride. This book examines the crucial role that small- to mid-sized city hotels played in American life during the early decades of the twentieth century.

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In small cities and towns across the United States, Main Street hotels were iconic institutions. Often literally at the centre of their communities, these hotels sustained and energized their regions and were centres of culture and symbols of civic pride. This book examines the crucial role that small- to mid-sized city hotels played in American life during the early decades of the twentieth century.
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John A. Jakle is emeritus professor of geography at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Keith A. Sculle is the head of research and education for the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. He and Professor Jakle have coauthored The Gas Station in America; Motoring: The Highway Experience in America; Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age; Signs in America_s Auto Age: Signatures of Landscape and Place; and Lots of Parking: Land Use in a Car Culture. With Jefferson S. Rogers, they are also coauthors of The Motel in America.