Roadside Americans : the rise and fall of hitchhiking in a changing nation /

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"Between the Great Depression and the mid-1970s, hitchhikers were a common sight for motorists, as American service members, students, and adventurers sought out the romance of the road in droves. Beats, hippies, feminists, and civil rights and antiwar activists saw "thumb tripping" a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reid, Jack (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Temas:
1900-1999
Hitchhiking > United States > History > 20th century.
Hitchhiking > Social aspects > United States.
Hitchhiking > Public opinion.
Auto-stop > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Auto-stop > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Auto-stop > Opinion publique.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Hitchhiking
Hitchhiking > Social aspects
United States
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Brother, can you spare a ride? Hitchhiking in the Great Depression, 1928-1940
  • It's easy for a soldier boy to catch rides : hitchhiking during World War II, 1941-1947
  • The dangerous stranger : hitchhiking in the age of affluence, 1948-1959
  • An unfiltered dose of the human condition : hitchhiking and the pursuit of authenticity, 1960-1967
  • Riders on the storm : countercultural hitchhiking and conservative resistance, 1968-1975
  • Goin' down the road feelin' bad : the decline of hitchhiking, 1976-1988.

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