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The Role of the University in Shaping the Counterculture
How US universities incubated the counterculture: Berkeley's 1964 Free Speech Movement, SDS, Leary's Harvard exit in 1963 and the 1968 Columbia strike.
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Counterculture and Institutions
Universities, schools, business, church, military and government meet the counterculture.
The Counterculture in the Business World: A Year of Nonconformity
How American corporations answered youth rebellion in the 1960s: Volkswagen's Think Small, the Pepsi Generation, and the selling of nonconformity as a product.
The Counterculture in the Government: A Year of Rebellion
No counterculture existed inside government in 1967. This covers how authorities responded: California's LSD ban, FBI interest, Senate hearings and Haight policing.
The Counterculture in the World of Politics: A Year of Rebellion
Fringe politics in 1967: the Pentagon levitation of October, the Peace and Freedom Party, and the founding of the Yippies on 31 December by Hoffman and Rubin.
The Cultural Shift in the Church: A Year of Changing Attitudes
How American religion met a changing culture: Vatican II reforms, clergy in civil rights and antiwar protest, Haight ministers and the pull of Eastern faiths.
The Cultural Shift in the Education System: A Year of Change
Mainstream American schools in 1967: dress-code and hair disputes, student rights, the Tinker armband case and early open-classroom experiments.
The Cultural Shift in the Military: A Year of Changing Attitudes
Dissent in the US armed forces: the Fort Hood Three in 1966, rising desertion, Captain Levy, early GI coffeehouses and later 1968-71 events dated plainly.
The Feminist Movement in the Media: A Year of Changing Perceptions
How women were portrayed and employed in 1960s media: The Feminine Mystique, Helen Gurley Brown at Cosmopolitan and the 1968 Miss America protest.
The Feminist Movement in the Workplace: A Year of Change
The legal framework for women at work by 1967: the Equal Pay Act, Title VII, the EEOC, NOW's founding in 1966 and Executive Order 11375 of October 1967.
The Hippie Movement in the Education System: A Year of Experimentation
Alternative education in the 1960s: the Free University of New York, SF State's Experimental College, the Haight Free School and Summerhill-inspired schools.
The Hippie Movement in the World of Business: A Year of Nonconformity
Hippie-run businesses in the 1960s: the Psychedelic Shop, head shops, the Print Mint and boutiques, and the clash with Digger ideas about money.
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