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Meet the Beatles A Cultural History of the Band That Shook Youth, Gender, and the World

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ISBN-10: 0060008938

ISBN-13: 9780060008932

Edition: N/A

Authors: Steven D. Stark

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The Beatles have profoundly touched the lives of millions. But have you ever wondered why? Why did they become the most powerful artists in history and one of the twentieth century's major symbols of cultural transformation? Meet the Beatles answers those questions and more as it examines the ways the lives of John, Paul, George, and Ringo were inextricably tied to the cultural revolutions their music helped inspire. From their long hair and interest in India to their drug use and admiration for strong women, the Beatles changed the way we look, the way we feel, and even the way we think. This is the book for those who have always been infatuated with the Beatles, as well as those who want…    
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Book details

List price: $17.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 5/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Steve Stark is a graduate of Yale Law School who taught legal writing at Harvard Law for over a decae. Dubbed "the David Letterman of continuing legal education," he has given seminars on the subject to thousands of lawyers a year in corporations and continuing education courses required by bar associations. He is a frequent contributor to The Atlantic Monthly and National Public Radio and is the author of Glued to the Set. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Introduction
The British Are Coming!
Liverpool: Roots and Regrets
A Communal Gang of Artists
Astrio, Hamburg, and the Great Transformation
The Parental Outsiders: Mona and Brian
Reshuffling the Band with Humor
First Rumblings of a Gender Revolution
Engraved upon the Heart of its Nation
Here, There, and Everywhere in 1964
Hair, Orugs, and Rock and Roll
Sgt. Pepper's Cosmic Counterculture
Out of Sync
Love is all you Need
Growing Older, Losing Faith
Postscript
Sources
Acknowledgments
Index