"The Rise, Journey, and Demise of the American Counterculture provides a comprehensive history of the counterculture throughout the United States from its antecedents in the 1950s, origins in the early 1960s, emergence in the mid-1960s, and massive expansion in the late 1960s, to its demise in...

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Main Author:	Bach, Damon R. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lawrence, Kansas University Press of Kansas [2020]
Subjects:	Geschichte 1964-1973 Alternativbewegung Hippie Gegenkultur Sozialer Wandel USA Counterculture / United States / History / 20th century United States / Social life and customs / 20th century Social change / United States / History / 20th century Counterculture Manners and customs Social change United States 1900-1999 History
Summary:	"The Rise, Journey, and Demise of the American Counterculture provides a comprehensive history of the counterculture throughout the United States from its antecedents in the 1950s, origins in the early 1960s, emergence in the mid-1960s, and massive expansion in the late 1960s, to its demise in the early 1970s. Working against a historical narrative that portrays hippies and cultural dissidents as a brief-yet-vibrant phenomenon limited to the mid- to late 1960s, Bach focuses on the counterculture's overarching utopian and idealistic goals rather than the trite shorthand of "sex, drugs, and rock and roll." Exploring its connections to other movements of the period, including the New Left, civil rights, Black and Red Power, women's and gay liberation, and environmentalism, he demonstrates that the counterculture's push to create a new society fundamentally transformed American culture, and that its core ideals of egalitarianism, environmentalism, community, and creating alternative institutions have persisted to the present day. His is also the first history of the counterculture to draw upon numerous documents written by self-described "freaks" from 1964 through 1973, such as underground newspapers, memoirs, personal correspondence, flyers, and pamphlets"--
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:	xxv, 358 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:	9780700630103 9780700630097