Smoking typewriters : the Sixties underground press and the rise of alternative media in America
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Adult Nonfiction - South Wing Top Floor
071.309 M4599
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071.309 M4599
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Book
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xiv, 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-260) and index.
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"How did the New Left uprising of the 1960s happen? What caused millions of young people--many of them affluent and college educated--to suddenly decide that American society needed to be completely overhauled? Historian John McMillian shows that one answer to these questions can be found in the emergence of a dynamic underground press in the 1960s. Following the lead of papers like the Los Angeles Free Press, the East Village Other, and the Berkeley Barb, young people across the country launched hundreds of mimeographed pamphlets and flyers, small press magazines, and underground newspapers. New and cheap printing technologies had democratized the publishing process, and by the decade's end the combined circulation of underground papers stretched into the millions. Though not technically illegal, these papers were often genuinely subversive, and many who produced and sold them--on street-corners, at poetry readings, gallery openings, and coffeehouses--became targets of harassment from local and federal authorities. With writers who actively participated in the events they described, underground newspapers captured the zeitgeist of the '60s, speaking directly to their readers, and reflecting and magnifying the spirit of cultural and political protest. McMillian gives special attention to the ways underground newspapers fostered a sense of community and played a vital role in shaping the New Left's "movement culture."--Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McMillian, J. C. (2011). Smoking typewriters: the Sixties underground press and the rise of alternative media in America . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McMillian, John Campbell. 2011. Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McMillian, John Campbell. Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America Oxford University Press, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McMillian, John Campbell. Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America Oxford University Press, 2011.
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