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881135
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Mahood, Linda,1960-
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| Title & Author
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Thumbing a ride : : hitchhikers, hostels, and counterculture in Canada /\ Linda Mahood.
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| Publication Statement
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Vancouver ;Toronto :: UBC Press,, [2018]
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, ©2018
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xii, 331 pages :: illustrations, portraits ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0774837330
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: 0774837349
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: 9780774837330
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: 9780774837347
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-316) and index.
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| Contents
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Get your motor running: risk, ritual, and rite of passage travel -- Thumb wars: adventure hitchhiking -- Rucksack revolution: quest in the age of Aquarius -- Cook Aid: the Transient Youth Movement -- Crash pads: Blue-jean Bureaucrats versus the Canadian Youth Hostels Association -- Head out on the highway: stories for the Trans-Canada Highway -- Car sick: hitchhiking dos and don'ts -- Conclusion: The Vanishing Hitchhiker Eulogy.
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"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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Counterculture-- Canada-- History-- 20th century.
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Hippies-- Canada-- History-- 20th century.
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Hitchhiking-- Canada-- History-- 20th century.
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Youth hostels-- Canada-- History-- 20th century.
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Auberges de jeunesse-- Canada-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
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Auto-stop-- Canada-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
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Contre-culture-- Canada-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
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Hippies-- Canada-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
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Counterculture.
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Hippies.
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Hitchhiking.
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Youth hostels.
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Canada.
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| Dewey Classification
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306/.1
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| LC Classification
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HM647.M346 2018
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cci1icclacc
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coll13lacc
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| Parallel Title
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Hitchhikers, hostels, and counterculture in Canada
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