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Born to Be Wild : The Rise of the American Motorcyclist /

This work explores the evolution of motorcycle culture since World War II. Along the way Randy D. McBee examines the rebelliousness of early riders of the 1940s and 1950s, riders' increasing connection to violence and the counterculture in the 1960s and 1970s, the rich urban bikers of the 1990s...

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Autor principal: McBee, Randy D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction : don't shoot the easy rider -- No worthwhile citizen ever climbed aboard a motorcycle and gunned the engine : the rise of the biker, 1940s-1970s -- How to kill a biker : small-town invasions and the postindustrial city -- You ain't shit if you don't ride a Harley : the middle-class motorcyclist and the Japanese Honda -- The value of a slow break-in cannot be overemphasized : the Highway Safety Act of 1966 and the end of the golden age of motorcycling -- Let those who ride decide : the right and age-old biker values, 1940s-1990s -- The last male refuge : women riders, the counterculture, and the struggle over gender -- It's a black thang : law and (dis)order and the African American freedom struggle. 
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