Born to be Wild
Subtitle: the rise of the American motorcyclist
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, NC
ISBN-13: 9781469622729
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Don't shoot the easy rider; title: No worthwhile citizen ever climbed aboard a motorcycle and gunned the engine : the rise of the biker, 1940s-1970s; title: How to kill a biker : small-town invasions and the postindustrial city; title: You ain't shit if you don't ride a Harley : the middle-class motorcyclist and the Japanese Honda; title: 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; title: Let those who ride decide : the right and age-old biker values, 1940s-1990s; title: The last male refuge : women riders, the counterculture, and the struggle over gender; title: It's a black thang : law and (dis)order and the African American freedom struggle; title: Epilogue