Austin to ATX : The Hippies, Pickers, Slackers, and Geeks Who Transformed the Capital of Texas /

In this gonzo history of the "City of the Violet Crown," author and journalist Joe Nick Patoski chronicles the modern evolution of the quirky, bustling, funky, self-contradictory place known as Austin, Texas. Patoski describes the series of cosmic accidents that tossed together a mashup of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Patoski, Joe Nick, 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Subculture > Texas > Austin.
Austin (Tex.) > Civilization > 20th century.
Austin (Tex.) > Intellectual life.
Austin (Tex.) > Social life and customs.
Austin (Tex.) > Biography.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Seat of future empire, home of the Armadillo (hippies)
  • City of the Violet Crown, the Gay Place (scribes)
  • Willie Nelson in groover's paradise (pickers)
  • Austin City Limits (vid heads)
  • Whole Foods Market (veg heads)
  • South by Southwest (conventioneers)
  • Austin Film Society (slackers)
  • Dell, Lord British, RvB, Capital Factory, and the translator (geeks)
  • The Franklin line (cool kids)
  • Keeping Austin weird (the looky-loos)
  • Onward through the fog (going mainstream)
  • On the road again.

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