Description: Thumbing a Ride Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Hitchhikers, Hostels, and Counterculture in Canada Author(s): Linda Mahood Format: Hardback Publisher: University of British Columbia Press, Canada Imprint: University of British Columbia Press ISBN-13: 9780774837330, 978-0774837330 Synopsis As a national network of roads and hostels spread across Canada, so did the practice of hitchhiking. Thumbing a Ride examines its rise and fall in the 1970s, drawing on records from the time. Many equated adventure travel with freedom and independence, but a counter-narrative emerged of girls gone missing and other dangers. Town councillors, community groups, and motorists demanded a clampdown on a transient youth movement they believed was spreading anti-establishment nomadism. Linda Mahood asks new questions about hitchhiking as a rite of passage, and about adult intervention that turned a subculture into a pressing moral and social issue.
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Book Title: Thumbing a Ride
Number of Pages: 344 Pages
Publication Name: Thumbing a Ride: Hitchhikers, Hostels, and Counterculture in Canada
Language: English
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: Sociology, History
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 640 g
Author: Linda Mahood
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Hardcover
