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300 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780813135809
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication date: 27 April 2012
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Originating from underworld slang-the domain of hustlers, drug addicts, and petty thieves-the term "Beat" was short for "beaten down" or downtrodden. To writer Jack Kerouac it symbolized being at the bottom of society's hierarchy and looking up. K...
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300 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780813135809
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication date: 27 April 2012
Description
Originating from underworld slang-the domain of hustlers, drug addicts, and petty thieves-the term "Beat" was short for "beaten down" or downtrodden. To writer Jack Kerouac it symbolized being at the bottom of society's hierarchy and looking up. K...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings