Swinging city : a cultural geography of London, 1950-1974 / Simon Rycroft.
Series: Re-materialising cultural geographyPublication details: Farnham : Ashgate, 2011. Description: viii, 189 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN: 9780754648307 (hbk.) :; 0754648303 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Cultural geography -- England -- London | Counterculture -- England -- London | London (England) -- Civilization -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 942.1085 LOC classification: GF552. | L66R93 2011
Contents:
1. Introduction: The Material and Immaterial Geographies of 1960s London -- 2. The Long Front of Material and Immaterial Culture I: Beat and Angry -- 3. The Long Front of Material and Immaterial Culture II: Architecture and Visual Culture -- 4. Mapping Swinging London -- 5. A Historical Geography of Countercultural London -- 6. Rephrasing and Reimagining Dissent: Technology, Nature and Humanity -- 7. Oz, London and Cosmic Consciousness -- 8. Lightshows and Multi-media Environments: Cosmic Connections and the Countercultural Subject -- 9. Conclusions: Post-War Vision and Representation.
Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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Book-Circulating | Fischer Hall Library Main shelves | GF552. L66R93 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Purchased with the support of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. | B007063 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-182) and index.
1. Introduction: The Material and Immaterial Geographies of 1960s London -- 2. The Long Front of Material and Immaterial Culture I: Beat and Angry -- 3. The Long Front of Material and Immaterial Culture II: Architecture and Visual Culture -- 4. Mapping Swinging London -- 5. A Historical Geography of Countercultural London -- 6. Rephrasing and Reimagining Dissent: Technology, Nature and Humanity -- 7. Oz, London and Cosmic Consciousness -- 8. Lightshows and Multi-media Environments: Cosmic Connections and the Countercultural Subject -- 9. Conclusions: Post-War Vision and Representation.