{"product_id":"the-last-great-dream","title":"The Last Great Dream","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"McNally masterfully combines many disparate lineages of political, social, art, and pop history into one singular, sweeping portrait. The result is a stunning vision of a broad and powerful idealism that gripped the world for more than two decades.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Long Strange Trip \u003c\/i\u003eand the publicist of the Grateful Dead, a riveting social history of everything that led up to the 1960s counterculture movement.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Few cities represent the countercultural movement of the 1960s more than San Francisco. By that decade, the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood was home to self-branded “freaks” (dubbed “hippies” by the media) who created the world’s first psychedelic neighborhood—an alchemical chamber for social transformation. They rejected a large part of the traditional American identity, passing over American exceptionalism, consumerism, misogyny, and militarism in favor of creativity, mind-body connection, peace, and love of all things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Great Dream\u003c\/i\u003e is a history of everything that led to the 1960s counterculture, when long-simmering resistance to American mainstream values birthed the hippie. It begins with the San Francisco Poetry Renaissance, peaks with the Human Be-in in Golden Gate Park, and ends with the Monterey Pop Festival that introduced Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin to the world. It tells of several micro-histories, including beat poetry, visual arts, underground publishing, electronic\/contemporary compositional music, experimental theater, psychedelics, and more.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fascinating and definitive, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Great Dream\u003c\/i\u003e is the ultimate guide to a generation-defining countercultural movement—an Underground 101 course for newcomers and aficionados alike. \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Da Capo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44896515227826,"sku":"9780306835667","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/O_adde39db-8e82-4ac4-81f9-6406b4d4df4e.jpg?v=1771833643","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/the-last-great-dream","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}