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Born to be wild : the rise of the American motorcyclist / Randy D. McBee.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 359 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781469623320
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • GV1059 .B676 2015
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Contents:
No worthwhile citizen ever climbed aboard a motorcycle and gunned the engine : the rise of the biker, 1940s-1970s -- How to kill a biker : small-town invasions and the postindustrial city -- You ain't shit if you don't ride a Harley : the middle-class motorcyclist and the Japanese Honda -- The value of a slow break-in cannot be overemphasized : the Highway Safety Act of 1966 and the end of the golden age of motorcycling -- Let those who ride decide : the right and age-old biker values, 1940s-1990s -- The last male refuge : women riders, the counterculture, and the struggle over gender -- It's a black thang : law and (dis)order and the African American freedom struggle.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction GV1059.52 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn913828896

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : don't shoot the easy rider -- No worthwhile citizen ever climbed aboard a motorcycle and gunned the engine : the rise of the biker, 1940s-1970s -- How to kill a biker : small-town invasions and the postindustrial city -- You ain't shit if you don't ride a Harley : the middle-class motorcyclist and the Japanese Honda -- The value of a slow break-in cannot be overemphasized : the Highway Safety Act of 1966 and the end of the golden age of motorcycling -- Let those who ride decide : the right and age-old biker values, 1940s-1990s -- The last male refuge : women riders, the counterculture, and the struggle over gender -- It's a black thang : law and (dis)order and the African American freedom struggle.

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