Description
Book SynopsisAsking new questions about travel and risk taking as a rite of passage, this book examines the rise and fall of hitchhiking in the 1970s and the accompanying adult scrutiny of youth subculture.
Trade ReviewThumbing a Ride 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.
-- R.C. Cottrell, California State University, Chico * CHOICE *
Table of Contents1 Get your Motor Running: Risk, Ritual, and Rite of Passage Travel
2 Thumb Wars: Adventure Hitchhiking
3 Rucksack Revolution: Quest in the Age of Aquarius
4 Cool-Aid: The Transient Youth Movement
5 Crash Pads: Blue-Jean Bureaucrats versus the Canadian Youth Hostels Association
6 Head Out on the Highway: Stories from the Trans-Canada Highway
7 Car Sick: Hitchhiking Dos and Don’ts
Conclusion: The Vanishing Hitchhiker Eulogy
Notes
Index
