John A. Jakle is professor of geography at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His previous books include 'Derelict Landscapes: The Wasting of America's Built Environment, Common Houses of America's Small Towns,' and 'The Visual Elements of Landscape.' Keith A. Sculle is head of research and education, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. 'Creating the North American Landscape.'
"Fascinating data and documentation...Gas stations have been around as long as automobiles, of course, but they've undergone almost as many transformations as the cars themsleves...There are plenty of charts, tables, and maps, but also 150 nostalgic photographs of those old filling stations in all their individual glory."--'Parade Magazine' "Fans of Route 66 will be fascinated...Though this intriguing book is amply illustrated with photos and figures, it's a cultural and business study more than a picture book. What marketing strategies were behind the Bauhaus-inspired stations of the 1930s, the English-Cottage style stations of the 1940s? What's an octane rating, how did stations differ form one region to another? It's all here."--'Chicago Books in Review' "The expansion of 'automobility' had paradoxically increased people's desire for things that were just like those at home. Mr. Jakle and Mr. Sculle demonstrate the phenomenon in several ways."--'New York Times'
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