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On the ground, an illustrated anecdotal history of the sixties underground press in the U.S., edited by Sean Stewart ; preface by Paul Buhle

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On the ground, an illustrated anecdotal history of the sixties underground press in the U.S., edited by Sean Stewart ; preface by Paul Buhle
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
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illustrations
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
On the ground
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bibliography
Responsibility statement
edited by Sean Stewart ; preface by Paul Buhle
Sub title
an illustrated anecdotal history of the sixties underground press in the U.S.
Summary
"Forthright anecdotes and interviews fill this eye-opening account of the birth of the underground newspaper movement. Stemming from frustration with the lack of any mainstream media criticism of the Vietnam War, the creation of the papers was emboldened by the victories of the Civil Rights-era, anticolonial movements in the Third World and the use of LSD. In the four short years from 1965-1969, the subversive press grew from five small newspapers in five cities in the United States to more than 500 newspapers-with millions of readers-all over the world. Stories by the people involved with the production and distribution of the papers, such as Bill Ayers, Paul Buhle, Paul Krassner, and Trina Robbins, bring the history of the movement to life. Full-color scans taken from a broad range of publications, from the Berkeley Barb and the Los Angeles Free Press to Chicago Seed and Screw: The Sex Review, are also included, showing the incredible energy that fueled the counterculture of the 1960s"--provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Like mushrooms: points of entry and the birth of the underground press -- Blurring the lines: participants or reporters? -- You could make anything look like anything: graphic abundance -- Balls-to-the-wall, nose-to-the-grindstone: production, paste-up night, and office culture -- LSD on page four!: sales and distribution -- Well, does she have good politics?: growing pains and increasing sectarianism -- The things that we wanted to do were not what they wanted to have done: repression -- People burn out, and people burned out: the end -- It's a totality: legacy
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