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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162737103321

Autore

Moretta John

Titolo

The hippies : a 1960s history / / John Anthony Moretta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, Publishers, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-4766-2739-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (581 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

305.5/68

Soggetti

Hippies - United States - History

Counterculture - United States - History - 20th century

Nineteen sixties

United States Social conditions 1960-1980

United States History 1961-1969

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Among the most significant subcultures in modern U.S. history, the hippies had a far-reaching impact on American society. The entrenched institutions within the political and cultural establishments that the hippies challenged, or abandoned, mainly prevailed. Yet the nonviolent, egalitarian principles of the movement, underpinned an era of civic protest that brought an end to the Vietnam War"--