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In the middle of nowhere? A sociological guide to the beaten tracks of backpacking in the former British Empire
2011
Since the 1970s backpacking travel has become an increasingly popular and desirable pursuit among young people from western countries. Guidebooks such as Lonely Planet sold young people the practical know-how that would allow them to travel 'off-the-beaten-track'. The off-the-beaten-track travel experiences of present-day backpackers' are one way in which youth lifestyle, geography and identity are consumed and produced away from home and apart from the everyday world. This thesis provides an
doi:10.14288/1.0105132
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