Author : David Leroy Harmon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (476 download)
Book Synopsis American Camp Culture by : David Leroy Harmon
Download or read book American Camp Culture written by David Leroy Harmon and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanying the dramatic growth in autocamping, manufacturers and suppliers expanded to meet the needs of a growing commercial market. The role of select engineers and modern designers in establishing the trailer coach industry and advancing new ideas are discussed as well as the role of aircraft technology, aeronautical engineering, and technological transfer. Americans used a variety of recreational vehicles and camping equipment to fulfill their auto-camping needs. New designs and materials, sometimes borrowed from railroad, automobile, and aircraft manufacturing, reflected the desires of users and the efforts of businesses in meeting those changing needs. What began with a few manufacturers supplying tents and camp paraphernalia, within fifty years developed into a dynamic industry producing an array of products for a diverse American market including tent-trailers, auto-conversions, trailer coaches. fifth-wheel trailers, truck campers, and motor homes. This study documents those changes.