In the late 1960s and early 1970s hundreds of thousands of white middle-class American youths suddenly became hippies. This short overview of the hippie social

This short overview of the United States hippie social movement examines hippie beliefs and practices.

The history of rock and roll music can be seen in a long arc of Western civilization's struggle for both greater individual expression and societal stability. I

Restricted to the shorthand of “sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll,” the counterculture would seem to be a brief, vibrant stretch of the 1960s. But the Ameri

Examines the changing meanings Americans invested in their country's intensifying relationship with Israel from the 1950s to the 1980s.