Title In The Seventies : Adventures in the Counter-Culture.

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London : Profile, 2011.

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Description	1 online resource (356 pages)
Contents	Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; 1 1970 off with a bang; 2 1970 allen ginsberg's hippy commune; 3 1970 the summer people; 4 1970 chelsea days; 5 1971 the golden west; 6 1971 big sur; 7 1971 desert days; 8 1972 with william seward burroughs in st james's; 9 1972 a condition of treason; 10 1973 a visit to wilhelm reich's orgonon; 11 1973 harry smith at the chelsea; 12 1973 the mercer street arts theater; 13 1974 bananas; 14 1976 rock 'n' roll; 15 1976 punk; 16 1978 on the bowery; afterword; index.
Summary	In The Seventies tells the story of London and New York during the decade that is often written off as one long hangover after the exuberance of the sixties. Miles remembers a fascinating period in which many of the hippie dreams became realities, and others came back in shiny new clothes at the advent of the punk revolution. Beginning with Allen Ginsberg's hippie commune in upstate New York and moving on to his time cataloguing William Burroughs' archives in London, Miles remembers the decade that began with David Bowie in drag and ended with Grace Jones naked at Studio 54. Writing for NME, he.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Counterculture -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.
	Counterculture -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
	Nineteen seventies.
	Rock music -- 1971-1980 -- History and criticism.
	Popular music -- 1971-1980 -- History and criticism.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
	Counterculture. (OCoLC)fst00881315
	Nineteen seventies. (OCoLC)fst01037812
	Popular music. (OCoLC)fst01071422
	Rock music. (OCoLC)fst01099204
	England -- London. (OCoLC)fst01204271
	New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Miles, Barry. In The Seventies : Adventures in the Counter-Culture. London : Profile, ©2011 9781846686900
ISBN	9781847654946 (electronic bk.)
	1847654940 (electronic bk.)

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