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- catalog abstract ""Making Connections examines the diverse paths of the long-distance bus industry in the USA from its origins in the second decade of the twentieth century to deregulation in 1982. The book is presented as a series of focused essays which offers insights into such topics as regulation, marketing, gender patterns and intermodal competition. It draws on a broad range of archival materials, government investigations and reports, trade publications, interviews and photographs. An extensive bibliographical essay offers a guide to available sources. Making Connections is a valuable contribution to filling one of the gaps in American economic and social history."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11914758.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Making Connections examines the diverse paths of the long-distance bus industry in the USA from its origins in the second decade of the twentieth century to deregulation in 1982. The book is presented as a series of focused essays which offers insights into such topics as regulation, marketing, gender patterns and intermodal competition. It draws on a broad range of archival materials, government investigations and reports, trade publications, interviews and photographs. An extensive bibliographical essay offers a guide to available sources. Making Connections is a valuable contribution to filling one of the gaps in American economic and social history."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-237) and index.".
- catalog description "Main Routes -- From Jitney to Giant: The Early Growth of Long-Distance Bus Transport in the USA -- Missing Connections: The Long-Distance Bus Industry in the USA from the Second World War to Deregulation -- Regional Highways -- Tracing the Hound: The Minnesota Roots of the Greyhound Bus Corporation -- Iowa's Bus Queen: Helen M. Schultz and the Red Ball Transportation Company -- Minnesota's 'Mr Bus': Edgar F. Zelle and the Jefferson Highway Transportation Company -- Alternative Avenues -- The Motor Carrier Act of 1935: The Origins and Establishment of Federal Regulation of the Interstate Bus Industry in the USA -- 'See this Amazing America': The Long-Distance Bus Industry's Use of Advertising in its First Quarter Century -- Not Rosie the Riveter: Women's Diverse Roles in the Making of the American Long-Distance Bus Industry -- On and Off the Buses: 1940s Images from New York.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 245 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Making connections.".
- catalog identifier "0754602079".
- catalog isFormatOf "Making connections.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate,".
- catalog relation "Making connections.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "388.3/22/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Bus lines United States History.".
- catalog subject "HE5623 .W35 2000".
- catalog subject "Transportation, Automotive United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Main Routes -- From Jitney to Giant: The Early Growth of Long-Distance Bus Transport in the USA -- Missing Connections: The Long-Distance Bus Industry in the USA from the Second World War to Deregulation -- Regional Highways -- Tracing the Hound: The Minnesota Roots of the Greyhound Bus Corporation -- Iowa's Bus Queen: Helen M. Schultz and the Red Ball Transportation Company -- Minnesota's 'Mr Bus': Edgar F. Zelle and the Jefferson Highway Transportation Company -- Alternative Avenues -- The Motor Carrier Act of 1935: The Origins and Establishment of Federal Regulation of the Interstate Bus Industry in the USA -- 'See this Amazing America': The Long-Distance Bus Industry's Use of Advertising in its First Quarter Century -- Not Rosie the Riveter: Women's Diverse Roles in the Making of the American Long-Distance Bus Industry -- On and Off the Buses: 1940s Images from New York.".
- catalog title "Making connections : the long-distance bus industry in the United States / Margaret Walsh.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".