About the Book
This work is an anthology of primary sources from the 1960's, exploring drug culture, changes in sexual mores, feminism, art, music, and religion.
Table of Contents:
CONTENTS: SECTION A, WRITING HISTORY, A1 Chronology of social, cultural and political events, 1954; A2 Brief pieces of statistical and social survey information, Extracts from primary sources, A3 Jim Haynes, Thanks For Coming!, A4 Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind, A5 Maureen Nolan and Roma Singleton, Mini-Renaissance, A6 Report in the Los Angeles Mirror News, A7 Report in the London Evening Standard, A8 Professor G.M. Carstairs, BBC Reith Lecture, 1962, A9 Martin Luther King Jr, Letter from Birmingham Jail, 14 April 1963, A10 Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, A11 Letter from a young English academic, 3 January 1964, A12 Open letter by academics at Berkeley, December 1964, A13 Michael Schofield, The Sexual Behaviour of Young People, A14 Timothy Leary, Interview in Playboy, September 1966, A15 Statement by LeRoi Jones, Washington Free Press, 4 August 1967, A16 Hubert G. Locke, The Detroit Riot of 1967, A17 Letter written by the daughter of a rich Memphis family to her parents, 12 September 1967, A18 UNEF statement, 'The truth about events of 10/11 May, A19 Feliks Gross, Il Paese: Values and Social Change in an Italian Village, A20 Evan Broadman, Social Guide to New York Bars, A21 Kate Millett, Sexual Politics, A22 Theodore Roszak, Preface to The Making of a Counter Culture, A23 The Bobigny Abortion Trial, 1972; SECTION B, COUNTER MOVEMENTS IN SCIENCE; B1 Dwight D. Eisenhower, 'The military-industrial complex', B2 Theodore Roszak, 'The making of a counter culture', B3 Edward Shils, 'Anti-science', B4 The faculty and graduate student statement at M.I.T., 4 March 1969, B5 Statements regarding the use of chemical weapons in Vietnam, B6 Alice S. Rossi, 'Women in science: why so few?' B7 Women's Group from Science for the People, 'Declaration: equality for women in science' , B8 Rita Arditti, 'Feminism and science', B9 Ann Dally, 'Thalidomide: was the tragedy preventable?', B10 Londa Schiebinger, 'Has feminism changed science?', SECTION C, RELIGION AND COUNTER-CULTUTRES, C1 Theodore Roszak, 'Journey to the East ... and points beyond', C2 Lowell D. Streiker, 'The cults are coming!', C3 Eileen Barker, 'Numbers of movements', C4 Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception, C5 Timothy Leary, Autobiography, C6 Timothy Leary, 'Start your own religion', C7 Joan Harrison, A testament, C8 David Berg, 'Who are the rebels?', C9 James Nolan, 'Jesus now: hogwash and holy water', C10 Anonymous letter, C11 'The Jesus revolution', C12 Ted Patrick, Let Our Children Go!, C13 National Council of Churches, Statement on deprogramming,; SECTION D MUSIC IN THE SIXTIES; D1 George Martin, 'With our love - we could save the world', D2 Ray Davies, X-Ray, D3 Ray Davies, 'Waterloo Sunset', D4 Maggie Parham, 'Max input', SECTION E; ROTHKO AND WARHOL; E1 James Breslin, 'Parnassus on 53rd Street', E2 David Sylvester, 'Rothko';
