American Hippies

Informationen zum Autor W. J. Rorabaugh is Professor of History at the University of Washington, Seattle. His numerous books include The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition; Berkeley at War: The 1960s; Kennedy and the Promise of the Sixties (Cambridge University Press, 2002); and The Real Making of the President: Kennedy, Nixon, and the 1960 Election. Rorabaugh received his AB from Stanford University and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Klappentext This short overview of the United States hippie social movement examines hippie beliefs and practices. Zusammenfassung In the late 1960s and early 1970s hundreds of thousands of white middle-class American youths suddenly became hippies. This short overview of the hippie social movement in the United States examines the movement's beliefs and practices. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Origins; 2. Drugs, music, and spirituality; 3. Bodies, sex, and gender; 4. Diggers, Yippies, and People's Park, 5. Communes; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: W. J. Rorabaugh, W. J. (University of Washington) Rorabaugh, Rorabaugh W. J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.06.2015
• EAN: 9781107049239
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04923-9
• No. of pages: 245
• Series: Cambridge Essential Histories; Cambridge Essential Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / General, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1960 to c 1969