Hitch-hiking

© Copyright 1974, Mario Rinvolucri 
Cartoons by David O'Docherty and Lola Rinvolucri 
Webified by Bernd Wechner
 

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 

World Wide Web Publication 
Acknowledgements 
Complaints  
My Bias 

Part I: PSYCHO-SOCIOLOGY OF HITCH-HIKING 

1. Hitch-hiking and the Umbilical Cord 
2. The Contractors-out  
3. The Fuzz and the Slag  
4. Why Do People Give Lifts?  
5. Beggars and Puritans 
6. Car Hunger and Power  
7. Wandering Hands  
8. Ban It! Organise It!  

Part II: HISTORY OF THUMBING IN BRITAIN FROM 1914 TO THE PRESENT 

9.   Lorry-hopping and the Slump: 1914-1939 
10. The Hitch-hiking Revolution: 1939-1945  
11. Teenagers and Students: Post War Hitching  

APPENDICES 

Appendix I  
Appendix II 


Hitch-hiking

© Copyright 1974, Mario Rinvolucri 
Cartoons by David O'Docherty and Lola Rinvolucri 
Webified by Bernd Wechner