Over the Next Hill : : An Ethnography of RVing Seniors in North America, Second Edition / / David Reese Counts, Dorothy Ayers Counts.
Living either full or part time in a recreational vehicle has been an alternative lifestyle in North America since the 1920s. By the 1930s, Wally Byam's Airstream company could not keep up with the demand for his self-contained "house trailers." And today, "RVing" has become...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] ©2001 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Edition: | 2nd Edition |
Language: | English |
Series: | Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter One. Lurking in the Laundromat: Doing Research With RVers
- Chapter Two. Aging, Retirement, and RVing
- Chapter Three. From Auto Campers To Escapees
- Chapter Four. Gypsies and Pioneers: Images of RVers
- Chapter Five. If They Aren't Us, Who Are They?
- Chapter Six. On the Road Again
- Chapter Seven. "Home is Where I Park It"
- Chapter Eight. "They're My Family Now" One
- Chapter Nine. Hanging Up the Keys
- Appendix One. RV Living Survey
- Appendix Two. Research Method
- Appendix Three. Canadian Federal and Provincial Rules Regarding Residence Requirements for Eligibility for Provincial Health Care
- Appendix. Four Glossary
- Appendix. Five What Now?
- References and Internet Resources
- Index