Republic of Rock Music and Citizenship in the Sixties Counterculture

Name: Republic of Rock Music and Citizenship in the Sixties Counterculture
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ISBN: 9780195384864

ISBN-10: 0195384865

ISBN-13: 9780195384864

Edition: 2013

Authors: Michael J. Kramer

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In his 1967 megahit "San Francisco," Scott McKenzie sang of "people in motion" coming from all across the country to San Francisco, the white-hot center of rock music and anti-war protests. At the same time, another large group of young Americans was also in motion, less eagerly, heading forthe jungles of Vietnam. Now, in The Republic of Rock, Michael Kramer draws on new archival sources and interviews to explore sixties music and politics through the lens of these two generation-changing places - San Francisco and Vietnam. From the Acid Tests of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters to hippie disc jockeys onstrike, the military's use of rock music to "boost morale" in Vietnam, and the…

Book details

List price: $45.50
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 4/17/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.10" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



San Francisco



Uncle Sam Wants You to Pass the Acid Tests



We Are KMPX FM Rock, Complete with All the Contradictions



The Wild West Festival Is You and Me in a Cooperative Association



Vietnam



A Soundtrack for the Entire Process



Welcome to Entertainment Vietnam!



A Little Peace Message, Like Straight from Saigon


Epilogue


Notes


Index