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Summer of Love: How 1967 Defined a Generation
How the 1967 Summer of Love grew from a San Francisco scene into a media event, who came to the Haight, what it promised, and why it faded by autumn.
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Summer of Love and Hippie Life
The hippie scene in San Francisco, London and on the road.
The 'Hippie Trail': A Journey of Self-Discovery and Exploration
The overland route from Europe through Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan to India and Nepal: who travelled it, why it grew from the late 1960s and why it faded.
The 1967 San Francisco Haight-Ashbury: A Hub of Hippie Culture
A look at the Haight-Ashbury neighbourhood in 1967: its streets, shops, shared houses and the Be-In and Diggers era, and the strain the crowds put on it.
The 1967 Summer of Love: A Year of Music and Art
The sound and look of the San Francisco scene in 1967: ballroom bands, liquid light shows and the swirling lettering of psychedelic rock posters.
The Hippie Movement: A Cultural Phenomenon of the 1960s
Where the hippie movement came from, from the Beats to LSD and the New Left, what its communes tried to do, and what happened to it after 1967.
The Hippie Subculture: A Look Back at the Fashion and Music
Everyday hippie style and sound: tie-dye, beads, long hair, secondhand clothes and the folk and rock records that played in the background of daily life.
The Politics of the 'Summer of Love'
The Summer of Love is often called apolitical, yet the Diggers, the Human Be-In and city hall all gave it a political edge. Here is how that tension played out.
The Summer of Love in London: A Cultural Uprising
London in 1967: the UFO Club, Carnaby Street, the underground press and the 14 Hour Technicolor Dream, and how the scene differed from San Francisco.
The Summer of Love: A Time of Peace, Love, and Music
The San Francisco Sound of 1967: the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother, Quicksilver and Country Joe, the Fillmore and Avalon, and what the lyrics said.
The Summer of Love: A Year of Music and Art
The Summer of Love lasted one season, not a year. Here is the visual art that went with its music: Wes Wilson and Rick Griffin lettering, liquid light shows and the Oracle.
The Summer of Love: How 1967 Shaped a Generation
How much did one summer shape the baby boomers? Who actually took part, how many of their peers did not, and what lasted in attitudes to authority, drugs and lifestyle.
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