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The Hippies

A 1960s History

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Among the most significant subcultures in modern U.S. history, the hippies had a far-reaching impact. Their influence essentially defined the 1960s—hippie antifashion, divergent music, dropout politics and "make love not war" philosophy extended to virtually every corner of the world and remains influential. The political and cultural institutions that the hippies challenged, or abandoned, mainly prevailed. Yet the nonviolent, egalitarian hippie principles led an era of civic protest that brought an end to the Vietnam War. Their enduring impact was the creation of a 1960s frame of reference among millions of baby boomers, whose attitudes and aspirations continue to reflect the hip ethos of their youth.
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      February 15, 2017
      From the civil rights movement to the Vietnam War, the New Frontier to the Great Society, the 1960s was a decade like no other. At its vanguard were the hippies, idealistic seekers of alternative ways, the direct descendants of the Beat generation's hipsters. Imbibers of LSD and marijuana, proponents of free speech and free love, critics of the politicians who ruled them and the parents who raised them, hippies were a countercultural youth subculture whose message of peace, love, and understanding sounded idyllic but was, in reality, hard to sustain. Through the infamous Summer of Love to the incendiary 1968 Democratic Convention, from the muddy mayhem of Woodstock to the murderous rampage at Altamont, the growth of the hippie movement shocked the status quo and left a legacy still felt in music, arts, politics, and personal growth. In this exemplary treatise on the vast reaches and deep roots of a defining movement, Moretta offers a probing and potent work of cultural anthropology that captures the essence of the youthful energy that changed a nation and influenced the world.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2017, American Library Association.)

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