Includes bibliographical references (225-236) and index.
Contents
1. The Cultural Work of Guidebooks -- 2. The Federal Writers' Project -- 3. Idaho: Vardis Fisher, Local Hero -- 4. Katharine Kellock's Highway Route Series: The View from the Road -- 5. New York City: The View from Rockefeller Center versus the View from the Sidewalk -- 6. North Carolina: Local Knowledge, Local Color -- 7. Missouri: Recovering Voices of Dissent -- Conclusion: The Afterlife of the Guidebooks.