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UNINA9910170974903321 |
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Autore |
Laffan Barry |
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Titolo |
Communal organization and social transition : a case study from the counterculture of the sixties and seventies / / Barry Laffan [[electronic resource]] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : P. Lang, , c1997 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxiv, 288 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
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Collana |
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American university studies. Series XI, Anthropology and sociology ; ; vol. 46 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Communal living - United States |
Subculture - United States |
Case studies. |
Electronic books |
United States Social conditions 1960-1980 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-284) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface / Gerald Levy -- Introduction -- Jackson's Meadows: A Retrospective Foreword / Charles Harrington -- Prologue -- ; 1. Confusion: The Local Counterculture in Provincia -- ; 2. Fusion: Coming Together at the Dobson House -- ; 3. Expansion: Summer Excitement on the Land -- ; 4. Dissipation: Winter Disillusionment and Death -- ; 5. Stabilization: Transition After the Dream Ends -- ; 6. Organization: Mobilization for Adaptation -- ; 7. Proliferation: Conflict, Growth, and Development of a Counter Society -- ; 8. Disintegration: Decline Through Stress and Stratification -- ; 9. Reintegration: Transformation of Jackson's Meadows and Regional Change -- Epilogue / Howard Lieberman. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This unique study traces the life cycle of a counterculture commune of the late 1960s as part of a regional network and national movement. Through exhaustive field research in a setting viewed as a virtual social laboratory, it provides fascinating insights into many social concerns involving order and disorder in revolutionary and evolutionary change. |
It examines such issues as conflict, violence, stratification, and |
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interdependence in the self-proclaimed cooperative, peaceful, classless, and self-sufficient "new society." The reasons for the many failures as well as successes of experimental efforts are outlined, along with enduring impacts on participants and the surrounding region. |
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