Introduction : don't shoot the easy rider -- No worthwhile citizen ever climbed aboard a motorcycle and gunned the engine : the Hollister "gypsy tour" of 1947, the outlaw rider, and the rise of the biker, 1940s to 1970s -- How to kill a biker : small-town invasion, suburban boundaries, and the postindustrial city -- You ain't shit if you don't ride a Harley : the professional rider, middle-class motorcycle culture, and the Japanese Honda -- The value of a slow break-in cannot be overemphasized : the middle-class victim, the Highway Safety Act of 1966, and the end of the golden age of motorcycling -- Let those who ride decide : the motorcycle rights movement, the conservative right, and age-old biker values, 1940s-1990s -- The last male refuge : women riders, the counterculture, and the struggle over gender -- It's a black thang : white motorcycle culture, law and (dis)order, and the African American freedom struggle.
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