Radical Chapters : Pacifist Bookseller Roy Kepler and the Paperback Revolution /

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Soon after independent bookstore Kepler's Books and Magazines opened in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1955, it became a meeting place for counterculture figures and a hot bed of radicalism in the 1950s and '60s. This narrative biography chronicles a generation of radicalism, resistance, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Doyle, Michael, 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2012.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kepler, Roy C.
Kepler, Roy C. > Friends and associates.
Kepler's Books.
Kepler's Books > History.
Paperbacks > Publishing.
Pacifists.
Friendship.
Counterculture.
Bookstores.
Booksellers and bookselling.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Cultural Heritage.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Sales & Selling > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Marketing > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Contre-culture > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Librairies > Californie > Menlo Park > Histoire.
Pacifistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Counterculture > United States > History > 20th century.
Bookstores > California > Menlo Park > History.
Paperbacks > Publishing > History > 20th century.
Pacifists > United States > Biography.
Booksellers and bookselling > United States > Biography.
United States.
California > Menlo Park.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Soon after independent bookstore Kepler's Books and Magazines opened in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1955, it became a meeting place for counterculture figures and a hot bed of radicalism in the 1950s and '60s. This narrative biography chronicles a generation of radicalism, resistance, and idealism through the life of the store's founder, Roy Kepler.
Physical Description:1 online resource (416 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780815650836

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