Name: Thumbing a Ride: Hitchhikers, Hostels, and Counterculture in Canada (Hardback)
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Author: Linda Mahood
ISBN: 9780774837330

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Thumbing a Ride: Hitchhikers, Hostels, and Counterculture in Canada (Hardback)

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Publisher

University of British Columbia Press, Canada

Author

Linda Mahood

Language

English

Pages

320

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780774837330

Synopsis "Thumbing a Ride: Hitchhikers, Hostels, and Counterculture in Canada (Hardback) "

As a national network of roads 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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