The hippie dictionary : a cultural encyclopedia (and phraseicon) of the 1960s and 1970s / written and compiled by John Bassett McCleary ; edited by Joan Jeffers McCleary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCleary, John Bassett, 1943-

Contributor:

McCleary, Joan Jeffers.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hippies--United States--Dictionaries.

Hippies.

United States.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

xv, 704 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Revised and expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : Ten Speed Press, [2004]

Summary:

Whether you lived through the sixties and seventies or just wish you had, this revised and expanded edition of the HIPPIE DICTIONARY entertains as much as it educates. Cultural and political listings such as "Age of Aquarius, " "Cesar Chavez, " and "Black Power Movement, " plus popular phrases like "acid flash-back, " "get a grip, " and "are you for real?" will remind you of how revolutionary those 20 years were. Although the hippie era spans two decades beginning with the approval of the birth control pill 1960 and ending with the death of John Lennon in 1980, it wasn't all about sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. These were the early years of proecology and anti-capitalist beliefs--beliefs that are just as timely as ever. So kick back and trip out on the new entries as well as the old, and discover why some are dubbing the sixties and seventies "the intellectual renaissance of the 20th century."

Contents:

Apologies

No apologies

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The 35 most influential people of the hippie era

Alphabetical definitions

Lists

Civil rights

Events, demonstrations and legislation

Groups

Leaders, heroes and martyrs

Vietnam War : US troop strengths and deaths

US pows and mias

Vietnamese deaths

Wartime leaders of Vietnam

Anti-war events and demonstrations

Groups, organizations and publications

Leaders

Pro-war groups

Nixon administration, Watergate participants

Black power and revolutionary groups

Free-speech, student rights and human rights : events and demonstrations

Women's movement (feminist & women's liberation) : events, demonstrations and legislation

Gay & lesbian movement : events, demonstrations and legislation

Native American and other minority rights : events, demonstrations and legislation

Groups and organizations

- Ecology and environmental : events, demonstrations and legislation

Computer revolution : milestones and events

Companies, agencies and groups

Media of importance to the era : alternative and underground

Newspapers and magazines

Books of and about the era

Movies of importance in the era

Comix and

underground cartoons strips

Comix and underground cartoons artists

Comix publishers

Poster artists of the era

Communes and religious communities

Gurus and religious leaders of the era

Presidents of the USA during the era

Afterword, etc.

ISBN:

1580085474

OCLC:

54079859