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Includes bibliography.
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Florida Atlantic University
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2019
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2019
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The practice of trainhopping has historical roots in the post-Civil War period and during the Great Depression, when large migrations of penniless individuals caught rides on freight cars to find employment or adventure. Trainhopping is still widely practiced, however modern day trainhopping culture has not received appropriate scholarly attention as a specific subculture. To understand the choices and motivations of members of this subculture, I undertook an ethnographic project wherein I interviewed trainhoppers, in addition to analyzing the historical precedent set for contemporary trainhopping practice. Through my research I analyze the drive to live within a state of liminality in relation to society, where an individual is situated between the poles of interaction with predominant society and marginal society. This research will advance our understanding of self-identification with a liminal group within the context of a contemporary subculture.
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50 p.
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FAUHT00076
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Includes bibliography.
Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2019.
FAU Honors Theses Digital Collection
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2019
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2019
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2019
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2019
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2019
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FAUHT00076
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Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Gilbert, Reade
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50 p.
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WILD WAYS: TRAINHOPPING CULTURE OF THE UNITED STATES
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2019
2019
Florida Atlantic University
Jupiter, Florida
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Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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Jupiter, Florida
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Digital Library
Title
WILD WAYS: TRAINHOPPING CULTURE OF THE UNITED STATES
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WILD WAYS: TRAINHOPPING CULTURE OF THE UNITED STATES