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Ball cap nation : a journey through the world of America's national hat /
The baseball cap has become our National Hat. As our country has grown increasingly diverse and complicated, we seek and, occasionally, find things that unite us. The cap culture has been sustained not by some slick advertising/media campaign, but through a genuine grassroots movement. As fads go, i...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cincinnati, OH : [Berkeley, Calif.] :
Clerisy Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West,
©2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The baseball cap has become our National Hat. As our country has grown increasingly diverse and complicated, we seek and, occasionally, find things that unite us. The cap culture has been sustained not by some slick advertising/media campaign, but through a genuine grassroots movement. As fads go, it's no longer a fad; it's a part of our national identity, a trait that has been passed along to new generations and spread around the world. The ball cap is, for better or worse, a symbol of America and that can mean whatever you want it to mean. It feeds an illusion that we, Americans, cheri. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (218 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| ISBN: | 9781578604111 1578604117 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |