Kerry Howley celebrates the emancipatory power of the American hotel; those material manifestations of a world that prizes free mobility and peaceful exchange.
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highnumber | March 4, 2008, 3:29pm | #
Interesting. I've seen articles about the growth of the motel industry before (easy to tie into to the auto and highways/interstates, natch), but not hotels.Episiarch | March 4, 2008, 3:51pm | #
Poor Kerry. Her article gets sandwiched between two posts about the death of Gary Gygax.Pop history always causes one to assume that the hotel in the form of the anonymous inn (think of all fantasy novels, for instance) has always been around and always available. I mean, people had to travel, right? So I found the bit about alerting the authorities to strangers entering town interesting.
Steven Horwitz | March 4, 2008, 4:08pm | #
Very nice. One of my favorite descriptions of a hotel room and its connection to freedom etc is in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. Unfortunately, my copy is packed away at the moment and I can't dig up the exact lines. But trust me.Dirty Frank | March 4, 2008, 4:29pm | #
when they were crowded, wayfarers might find themselves sharing a bed with a drunken stranger.I've found myself sharing a bed with a drunken stranger more than a few times and never thought it was anything to complain about... In fact, it's the sign of a good weekend.
J sub D | March 4, 2008, 5:23pm | #
She was a hotel detective...thoreau, you've finally started your novel!
Au standard | March 4, 2008, 5:31pm | #
libertarian writers must really be out of material at this pointIsaac Bartram | March 4, 2008, 10:31pm | #
Steven HorwitzInteresting, one of the the last names in the world I associate with freedom is Margaret Atwood.