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LEADER: 02042cam a22003254i 4500
001 2014038125
003 DLC
005 20150701081828.0
008 150205s2015 ncu b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2014038125
020 $a9781469622729 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $z9781469622736 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aGV1059.52$b.M44 2015
082 00 $a796.7/5$223
100 1 $aMcBee, Randy D.
245 10 $aBorn to be wild :$bthe rise of the American motorcyclist /$cby Randy D. McBee.
264 1 $aChapel Hill :$bThe University of North Carolina Press,$c2015.
300 $axii, 359 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : don't shoot the easy rider -- No worthwhile citizen ever climbed aboard a motorcycle and gunned the engine : the Hollister "gypsy tour" of 1947, the outlaw rider, and the rise of the biker, 1940s to 1970s -- How to kill a biker : small-town invasion, suburban boundaries, and the postindustrial city -- You ain't shit if you don't ride a Harley : the professional rider, middle-class motorcycle culture, and the Japanese Honda -- The value of a slow break-in cannot be overemphasized : the middle-class victim, the Highway Safety Act of 1966, and the end of the golden age of motorcycling -- Let those who ride decide : the motorcycle rights movement, the conservative 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 : white motorcycle culture, law and (dis)order, and the African American freedom struggle.
650 0 $aMotorcycling$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aMotorcycling$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aMotorcyclists$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aMotorcycle clubs$zUnited States$xHistory.