Route 66 and the Formation of a National Cultural Icon: Mother Road to Mythic American Byway

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
	Notes
Chapter 1: Before Route 66
	Is It Passable at All?
	The Hualapai
	Railroad Development of the Region
	The Railroad and Community Development
		Williams, Arizona
		Kingman, Arizona
		Ash Fork, Arizona
		Seligman, Arizona
	Regional Development by 1920
	Notes
Chapter 2: Dirt Track to Asphalt Ribbon: Early Route 66
	Federal Road Policy and Road Building
	State Road Policy and Road Building
	Promoting Route 66
	Early Route 66 in Arizona
	Race and Ethnicity on Early Route 66
	Route 66 and Community Development
		Williams, Arizona
		Seligman, Arizona
		Ash Fork, Arizona
		Kingman, Arizona
	The Region during the Great Depression
	Route 66 by World War II
	Notes
Chapter 3: America’s Main Street to Byway: Route 66 Postwar
	The Rise of Route 66 Postwar: An Uneven Golden Age
	Postwar Route 66 Economic Growth
	The Dawn of Interstates and the Twilight of Route 66
	Opposition to Interstate Highways on Route 66
	The Decline of the Railroad
	Uneven Benefits of Infrastructure Change
	Economic and Community Change Postwar
		Williams, Arizona
		Seligman, Arizona
		Peach Springs, Arizona
		Kingman, Arizona
	Race and Ethnicity on Route 66 Postwar
		Peach Springs
		Williams
	The Region after 1980
	Notes
Chapter 4: Route 66 Requiem
	After the Interstate
	Kingman Case Study
	Seligman Case Study
		Peach Springs Comparison
	Williams Case Study
	The Route 66 Myth
	The End of Route 66
	Notes
Conclusion
	Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author