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245 10 a| Boxcar politicsh| [electronic resource] :b| the hobo in U.S. culture and literature, 1869-1956 /c| John Lennon.;

246 30 a| Hobo in U.S. culture and literature, 1869-1956;

260 a| Amherst :b| University of Massachusetts Press,c| [2014];

300 a| viii, 220 pages ;c| 24 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

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520 a| "The hobo is a figure ensconced in the cultural fabric of the United States. Once categorized as a member of a homeless army who ought to be jailed or killed, the hobo has evolved into a safe, grandfatherly exemplar of Americana. Boxcar Politics reestablishes the hobo's political thorns. John Lennon maps the rise and demise of the political hobo from the nineteenth-century introduction of the transcontinental railroad to the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. Intertwining literary, historical, and theoretical representations of the hobo, he explores how riders and writers imagined alternative ways that working-class people could use mobility to create powerful dissenting voices outside of fixed hierarchal political organizations. Placing portrayals of hobos in the works of Jack London, Jim Tully, John Dos Passos, and Jack Kerouac alongside the lived reality of people hopping trains (including hobos of the IWW, the Scottsboro Boys, and those found in numerous long-forgotten memoirs), Lennon investigates how these marginalized individuals exerted collective political voices through subcultural practices" --c| Provided by publisher.;

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Boxcar politics the hobo in U.S. culture and literature, 1869-1956 / John Lennon.

Author/creator	Lennon, John, 1975-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2014]
Description	viii, 220 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	American literature--19th century. --History and criticism. American literature--20th century. --History and criticism. Tramps in literature. Homelessness in literature. Marginality, Social, in literature. Social values--United States. --History. Political culture--United States. --History. Tramps--United States. --History.

Portion of title	Hobo in U.S. culture and literature, 1869-1956
Abstract	"The hobo is a figure ensconced in the cultural fabric of the United States. Once categorized as a member of a homeless army who ought to be jailed or killed, the hobo has evolved into a safe, grandfatherly exemplar of Americana. Boxcar Politics reestablishes the hobo's political thorns. John Lennon maps the rise and demise of the political hobo from the nineteenth-century introduction of the transcontinental railroad to the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. Intertwining literary, historical, and theoretical representations of the hobo, he explores how riders and writers imagined alternative ways that working-class people could use mobility to create powerful dissenting voices outside of fixed hierarchal political organizations. Placing portrayals of hobos in the works of Jack London, Jim Tully, John Dos Passos, and Jack Kerouac alongside the lived reality of people hopping trains (including hobos of the IWW, the Scottsboro Boys, and those found in numerous long-forgotten memoirs), Lennon investigates how these marginalized individuals exerted collective political voices through subcultural practices" -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2014019932
ISBN	9781625341204 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	9781625341198 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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