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The Hippie Trail: A History

Name: The Hippie Trail: A History
Brand: Manchester University Press
SKU: 9781526114624
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Contributors:

Sharif Gemie, Brian Ireland

Publisher:

Manchester University Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

History, Social Science, Travel

Book Subcategory:

Modern, Popular Culture, Asia

Book Topic:

20th Century

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Release Date:

2017-11-10

ISBN 13:

9781526114624

Weight:

1.05 lbs

Size:

8.60 x 5.80 x 1.10 inches

Pages:

256

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Description

This is the first history of the Hippie Trail. It records the joys and pains of budget travel to Kathmandu, India, Afghanistan and other 'points east' in the 1960s and 1970s. Written in a clear, simple style, it provides detailed analysis of the motivations and the experiences of hundreds of thousands of hippies who travelled eastwards. The book is structured around four key debates: were the travellers simply motivated by a search for drugs? Did they encounter love or sexual freedom on the road? Were they basically just tourists? Did they resemble pilgrims? It also considers how the travellers have been represented in films, novels and autobiographical accounts, and will appeal to those interested in the Trail or the 1960s counterculture, as well as students taking courses relating to the 1960s.

About the Author
Dr Sharif Gemie is a historian of modern Europe. He has mainly researched on minority peoples, including refugees, Muslims in Europe, Bretons and Galicians

Dr Brian Ireland is a modern American historian. He has written about such diverse topics as the US military in Hawaii, commemoration and remembrance, travelogues and road movies, rock music, comic books, television, and science fiction literature