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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Reid, Jack (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Hitchhiking > Social aspects.
Hitchhiking.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Auto-stop > Opinion publique.
Auto-stop > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Auto-stop > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Hitchhiking > Public opinion.
Hitchhiking > Social aspects > United States.
Hitchhiking > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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