{"product_id":"thumbing-a-ride-hitchhikers-hostels-and-counterculture-in-canada-hardback-9780774837330","title":"Thumbing a Ride; Hitchhikers, Hostels, and Counterculture in Canada (Hardback) 9780774837330","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThumbing a Ride\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHitchhikers, Hostels, and Counterculture in Canada\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLinda Mahood (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774837330\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 August 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages, 29 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThumbing a Ride\u003c\/em\u003e explores hitchhiking's resurgence in Canada during the 1970s, when the then-teenage Mahood took to the road, thumb stretched out, seeking rides. In her concise but wide-ranging study, the author focuses on the mobility of young Canadians, their willingness to take risks, and travel as a rite of passage. Summing Up: Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e - R.C. Cottrell, California State University, Chico (CHOICE)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1920s, as a national network of roads and youth hostels spread across Canada, so did the practice of hitchhiking. By the 1960s, the Trans-Canada Highway had become the main thoroughfare for thousands of young baby boomers seeking adventure. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThumbing a Ride\u003c\/em\u003e examines the rise and fall of hitchhiking and hostelling in the 1970s, drawing on records from the time. Many equated adventure travel with freedom, but a counter-narrative emerged of girls gone missing and other dangers. Town councillors, community groups, and motorists called for a nationwide clampdown on a transient youth movement that they believed was spreading hippie sensibilities and anti-establishment nomadism. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLinda Mahood unearths good and bad stories and key biographical moments that formed young travellers' understandings of personal risk, agency, and national identity. \u003cem\u003eThumbing a Ride\u003c\/em\u003e asks new questions about hitchhiking as a rite of passage, and about the adult interventions that turned a subculture into a moral and social issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Get your Motor Running: Risk, Ritual, and Rite of Passage Travel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Thumb Wars: Adventure Hitchhiking\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Rucksack Revolution: Quest in the Age of Aquarius\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Cool-Aid: The Transient Youth Movement\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Crash Pads: Blue-Jean Bureaucrats versus the Canadian Youth Hostels Association\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Head Out on the Highway: Stories from the Trans-Canada Highway\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Car Sick: Hitchhiking Dos and Don'ts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Vanishing Hitchhiker Eulogy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531071156504,"sku":"9780774837330","price":55.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/thumbing-a-ride-hitchhikers-hostels-and-counterculture-in-canada-hardback-9780774837330","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}