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Author McBee, Randy D., author.

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

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 359 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Note Print version record.
Subject Motorcycling -- United States -- History.
Motorcycling -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Motorcyclists -- United States -- History.
Motorcycle clubs -- United States -- History.
GAMES / Gambling / Sports
SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects
SPORTS & RECREATION / Essays
SPORTS & RECREATION / History
SPORTS & RECREATION / Reference
TRAVEL / Special Interest / Sports
TRANSPORTATION / Motorcycles / History
Other Form: Print version: McBee, Randy D. Born to be wild 9781469622729 (DLC) 2014038125 (OCoLC)893452505
ISBN 9781469623320 (electronic bk.)
1469623323 (electronic bk.)
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