Table of Contents
Acknowledgments iii
Select Timeline vi
Introduction to the 2019 Edition xii
Prologue: Revolution, Apocalypse, and the Birth of Modern America xx
I Winter's Children 1
1 Nixon's Coming 2
2 Something in the Air 11
3 The New Sounds 23
4 Super Jets 39
5 The American Family 48
II Revolution in Springtime 65
6 American Undressed 66
7 A Whole New Ball Game 88
8 Poison Ivy 100
9 1, 2, 3, What Are We Fighting For? 115
10 The Green Mind 123
11 Stand! 135
III The Summer of Impossible Dreams 145
12 Walking in Space 146
13 The Mists of Camelot 168
14 Shaking the Cage 180
15 West Coast Killers 194
16 An Amazin' Summer 212
17 Heaven in a Disaster Area 223
IV Autumn Apocalypse 255
18 "There Are No Words" 256
19 Nixon's War 268
20 Days of Rage 283
21 Cowboys and Indians 303
22 The Hippie Apocalypse 326
Epilogue: Future Shock-The Seventies and Beyond 350
Bibliography 359
Notes 368
Index 384