title: The Rise and Fall of the American Counterculture: A History of the Hippies and Other Cultural Dissidents
abstract: The Rise and Fall of the American Counterculture examines the cultural dissidents and cultural revolutionaries of the 1960s era: the hippies. It fills a major void in the historical literature. Most scholars have focused on one aspect of the counterculture, examined it in a couple of locations, or relegated it to a single chapter. Moreover, scholarly narratives have been nearly identical, repeating the same themes and events, while presenting similar explanations for hippiedom?s origins and decl
journal: OAKTRUST (Texas A&M University)