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Whole World in an Uproar Aaron J Leonard

Whole World in an Uproar By Aaron J Leonard

Whole World in an Uproar by Aaron J Leonard


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Summary

How the radical music of the 1960s was birthed amid unprecedented upheaval and systemic repression.

Whole World in an Uproar Summary

Whole World in an Uproar: Music, Rebellion and Repression - 1955-1972 by Aaron J Leonard

Seventy years since the radical music of the 1960s first hit the airwaves, the anthems of the era continue to resonate with our current times. Through studying these musicians and the political contexts in which their pioneering songs were birthed; amidst paranoia, psychedelic delusions, desire and civil unrest; Aaron Leonard's Whole World in an Uproar is an important new critical history of countercultural music from the Summer of Love to the unwelcome arrival of Bob Dylan.

Whole World in an Uproar Reviews

What happened when HUAC, the FBI, Jim Crow, corporate media outlets, drug warriors, the religious right, and even the Old Left tried to stop a freight train? Drawing on a broad range of sources, including FBI files, Whole World in an Uproar recounts that momentous story.
Aaron Leonard integrates an amazing amount of research into a story that ranges from FBI surveillance of the Old Left to the rock scene to the social dissension around the anti-Vietnam War and Black liberation movements. A well-thought through, fascinating documentary about movements and people who were affected by oppressive societal actions.
A fascinating counter-history of the 1960s music revolution through the eyes of the persecutors, paranoiacs and culture warriors who tried to stop it.

About Aaron J Leonard

Aaron J. Leonard is a writer and historian. He is author of Heavy Radicals: The FBI's Secret War on America's Maoists (Zero Books, 2015). His research interests focus on twentieth century US history, particularly sixties history, and the interplay between radicalism and governmental repression. He has a BA in social science with a concentration in history from New York University and is currently pursuing a doctorate in history at the University of California, Irvine.

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GOR013235935
9781914420924
1914420926
Whole World in an Uproar: Music, Rebellion and Repression - 1955-1972 by Aaron J Leonard
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Watkins Media Limited
20230214
350
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