Beats/Beat Generation

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Beat Generation: Connexipedia Article
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A group of American writers who came to prominence in the 1950s, and the cultural phenomena that they wrote about and inspired.
The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage
Gitlin, Todd
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1987
One of the best books on the Sixties in the U.S., bringing to life the political and cultural currents, including especially the music, which raged during that decade, and setting them in historical c...

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Bureau of Public Secrets
Articles from a Situationist perspective.

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The Source (documentary)
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The Source is a 1999 documentary about the Beat Generation. It was directed by Chuck Workman, and features appearances by Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper, and John Turturro.