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Thumbing a Ride: Hitchhikers, Hostels, and Counterculture in Canada
Thumbing a Ride: Hitchhikers, Hostels, and Counterculture in Canada
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ISBN 9780774837347
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- Mar 2019
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- English
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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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PublishedMar 15, 2019
ISBN-100774837349
ISBN-139780774837347
LanguageEnglish
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