The Hippie Trail: A History

by Brian Ireland and Sharif Gemie

This is the first history of the Hippie Trail. It records the joys and pains of budget travel to Kathmandu, India, Afghanistan and other 'points east' in the 1960s and 1970s. Written in a clear, simple style, it provides detailed analysis of the motivations and the experiences of hundreds of thousands of hippies who travelled eastwards. The book is structured around four key debates: were the travellers simply motivated by a search for drugs? Did...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526114623
• ISBN13: 9781526114624
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"