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The Counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History June 28, 2017 Blake Slonecker

Abstract: In the decade after 1965, radicals responded to the alienating features of America’s technocratic society by developing alternative cultures that emphasized authenticity, individualism, and community. The counterculture emerged from a handful of 1950s bohemian enclaves, most notably the Beat subcultures in the Bay Area and Greenwich Village. But new influences shaped an eclectic and...