Roadside Americans: The Rise and Fall of Hitchhiking in a Changing Nation
More Details
ISBN:
9781469655024
9781469655017
9781469655017
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
Grouping Information
| Grouped Work ID | 25d87f67-a7d5-8ff1-96d3-adef13d68101 |
|---|---|
| Grouping Title | roadside americans the rise and fall of hitchhiking in a changing nation |
| Grouping Author | jack reid |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2024-05-18 03:08:00AM |
| Last Indexed | 2024-05-18 03:18:43AM |
Solr Fields
accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Reid, Jack
author_display
Reid, Jack
display_description
Between the Great Depression and the mid-1970s, hitchhikers were a common sight for motorists, as American service members, students, and adventurers sought out the romance of the road in droves. Beats, hippies, feminists, and civil rights and antiwar activists saw "thumb tripping" as a vehicle for liberation, living out the counterculture's rejection of traditional values. Yet by the time Ronald Reagan, a former hitchhiker himself, was in the White House, the youthful faces on the road chasing the ghost of Jack Kerouac were largely gone—along with sympathetic portrayals of the practice in state legislatures and the media.
In Roadside Americans, Jack Reid traces the rise and fall of hitchhiking, offering vivid accounts of life on the road and how the act of soliciting rides from strangers, and the attitude toward hitchhikers in American society, evolved over time in synch with broader economic, political, and cultural shifts. In doing so, Reid offers insight into significant changes in the United States amid the decline of liberalism and the rise of the Reagan Era.
In Roadside Americans, Jack Reid traces the rise and fall of hitchhiking, offering vivid accounts of life on the road and how the act of soliciting rides from strangers, and the attitude toward hitchhikers in American society, evolved over time in synch with broader economic, political, and cultural shifts. In doing so, Reid offers insight into significant changes in the United States amid the decline of liberalism and the rise of the Reagan Era.
format_catalog
eBook
format_category_catalog
eBook
id
25d87f67-a7d5-8ff1-96d3-adef13d68101
isbn
9781469655017
9781469655024
9781469655024
last_indexed
2024-05-18T07:18:43.627Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
primary_isbn
9781469655024
publishDate
2020
publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
recordtype
grouped_work
title_display
Roadside Americans The Rise and Fall of Hitchhiking in a Changing Nation
title_full
Roadside Americans The Rise and Fall of Hitchhiking in a Changing Nation
title_short
Roadside Americans
title_sub
The Rise and Fall of Hitchhiking in a Changing Nation
topic_facet
History
Nonfiction
Travel
Nonfiction
Travel
Solr Details Tables
item_details
| Bib Id | Item Id | Shelf Loc | Call Num | Format | Format Category | Num Copies | Is Order Item | Is eContent | eContent Source | eContent URL | Detailed Status | Last Checkin | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| overdrive:2daf9d8f-c738-4c77-993b-9b58f7dab30f | -1 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eBook | eBook | 999999 | false | true | OverDrive | Available Online |
record_details
| Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| overdrive:2daf9d8f-c738-4c77-993b-9b58f7dab30f | eBook | eBook | English | The University of North Carolina Press | 2020 |
scoping_details_catalog
| Bib Id | Item Id | Grouped Status | Status | Locally Owned | Available | Holdable | Bookable | In Library Use Only | Library Owned | Holdable PTypes | Bookable PTypes | Local Url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| overdrive:2daf9d8f-c738-4c77-993b-9b58f7dab30f | -1 | Available Online | Available Online | false | true | true | false | false | false |
