Driving with strangers : what hitchhiking tells us about humanity / Jonathan Purkis.
| Author/creator | Purkis, Jon author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2021. |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | viii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: 1. The intention of a tradition: definitions of hitchhiking -- 2. How to think like a hitchhiker: an introduction to vagabond sociology -- 3. In search of Woody Guthrie: singing the politics of hitchhiking -- 4. `Maybe we will meet a nice person': hitchhiking, conflict, human nature -- 5. The great European adventure trail: hitchhiking as a measure of freedom -- 6. The Alaska Highway hitchhiker visitors' book: the personality of the `extreme hitchhiker' -- 7. The power of the gift without return: hitchhiking as economic allegory -- 8. The myth of the great decline: hitchhiking and the increasing levels of trust in the world -- 9. Climatic dangers: hitchhiking and the relative realities of risk -- 10. Good news from Vilnius: the rich life of hitchhiking in former communist countries -- 11. A prescription for hitchhiking? Travel and talk in the age of pandemics and extinction. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-296) and index. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781526160034 |
| ISBN | 1526160048 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9781526160041 (hardcover) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | G504 .P87 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |