{"product_id":"9780774837347-thumbing-a-ride","title":"Thumbing a Ride","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHitchhikers, Hostels, and Counterculture in Canada. Asking 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. As a national network of roads and hostels spread across Canada, so did the practice of hitchhiking. \u003cem\u003eThumbing a Ride\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40823256186977,"sku":"9780774837347","price":36.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/745bc3aaff6bc5b4aa881cb2ddde47d1.png?v=1688585732","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780774837347-thumbing-a-ride","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}