Publisher's Synopsis
The 1967 'Summer of Love' - set against the backdrop of increased racial tension, the Vietnam War, a burgeoning drug culture, and an exploding new music scene - propelled the counterculture philosophy of peace and love into the mainstream. Although this sudden surge of unironic idealism vanished as quickly as it had appeared, the cultural effects of 1967 can still be felt today. Now, a half century after the events of 1967, Goldberg re-examines this pivotal year, stripping away the reductive cliches that obscure the radical idealism of countercultural movements.
