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Autore |
Cottrell Robert C. |
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Titolo |
Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll : the rise of America's 1960s counterculture / / Robert C. Cottrell |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-5381-1111-X |
1-4422-4607-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (453 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Counterculture - United States - History - 20th century |
Nineteen sixties |
Subculture - United States |
Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century |
History |
United States History 1961-1969 |
United States Social conditions 1960-1980 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Precursors: From Utopia to Huxley; 2 Troubadours for a New American Bohemia: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and the Beats; 3 The Continued Reception of the Beats; 4 From Harvard to Millbrook: Timothy Leary; 5 The Merry Prankster: Ken Kesey; 6 The Magic Elixir of Sex and a Touch of Anarchism; 7 The Magic in the Music; 8 California Dreaming and Haight-Ashbury; 9 Spreading the Word: Alternative Media; 10 People of the Book; 11 From the Human Be-In to the Summer of Love; 12 The Death of Hippie and Early Postmortems; 13 Alternative Living |
14 From Hippie to Yippie on the Way to Revolution15 Fighting in the Streets and the Latest Battle of the Bands; 16 COINTELPRO and the Millennium; 17 The Conspiracy, Street Fighting Man, and the Apocalypse; 18 The Not So Slow Fade; 19 It's All Over Now; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<span><span>It's all here-not only the 1960s counterculture, but where it came from, how it happened, and how it faded away. Cottrell's book is a </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">tour de force</span><span>, with meticulous research, engaging writing, and fascinating subject matter.</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span> |
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