Hippies

1997 · 29261 — <p>New York::: Simon & Schuster 1997. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright dust jacket with the cut-out window not torn. Beneath the Diamond Sky tells the story of Haight-Ashbury San Francisco in the years 1965-1970 the years "the Haight" emerged as the mecca of the countercultural scene. Hoskyns begins his history of this 8-block-wide area during the Beat period which created the aesthetic for the psychedelic period that followed. He goes on to document the era's end with the defining moment of Altamont. Between these signal events he analyzes the place & the people that became the catalyst for the greatest social revolution of 20th-century America. Includes more than 100 reproductions of the great bands the fashions & the psychedelic posters/artwork. Fully illustrated with photos of period musicians and key players of the movement.</p> Simon & Schuster,, hardcover