Facing Empire charts a fresh way forward for historians of empire
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Each of the big ideas is discussed within the framework of four questions: what is the big idea
Roadside Americans 2PGP Facing Empire charts a freshBetween the Great Depression and the mid 1970s, hitchhikers were a common sight for motorists, as American service members, students, and adventurers sought out the romance of the road in droves. Beats, hippies, feminists, and civil rights and antiwar activists saw "thumb tripping" as a vehicle for liberation, living out the counterculture's rejection of traditional values. Yet, by the time Ronald Reagan, a former hitchhiker himself, was in the White