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The Hippie Dictionary: A Cultural Encyclopedia (And Phraseicon) of the 1960s and 1970s By John Bassett McCleary ( Ten Speed Press )
Release Date: 2004-06
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Whether you lived through the sixties and seventies or just wish you had, this revised and expanded edition of the Hippie Dictionary entertains as much as it educates. And it wasn't just about sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. These were the early years of pro-ecology and anti-capitalist beliefs - beliefs that are just as timely as ever. Discover why some are dubbing the sixties and seventies 'the intellectual renaissance of the 20th century'.
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 Far Out!! ( onyx575 )
The HIPPIE DICTIONARY by John B. McCleary is a great reference book for all things "hip"pie. It's written just like a dictionary with guide words etc. and provides concise definitions to words, phrases, people, and events that shaped the 60s and 70s.
I found it invaluable in helping me decipher some of the terms I came across in Tom Wolfe's book "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test," which was about Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters.
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Informative and Fun on That Era ( antons_bazaar )
If you want to learn more about the American counterculture of the 1960s and 70s, or of that era in general, this book is both very informative and a lot of fun. It's got all kinds of entries that were common topics at the time, from summaries about historical figures such as Martin Luther King, to slang terms for.....all sorts of things. Most of the book is arranged alphabetically, and at the end there's also some very helpful lists, such as important books, movies, civil rights leaders, and so on. At about 700 pages, there's plenty to peruse. Usually the entries are very satisfying, but there are a few cases where I wish the book would tell more. For instance, in the entry on Jerry Garcia of the rock group The Grateful Dead, McCleary states the great importance of Garcia to the hippie era, yet oddly he gives a short entry on him and refers the reader to other sources of information. But this is an exception. And McCleary tells it like it was, so anyone prudish about colorful language might be offended. I suspect that that and/or the liberal philosophy promoted herein is why some reviewers unfairly denounce this book. The author is himself an adherent to the 1960s counterculture ideals such as environmental protection, peace, non-materialism, tolerance of other cultures and beliefs, and other such radical notions, which he promotes in the book. Thus, anyone of a like mindset will find a kindred spirit here, and even if you disagree with its philosophy, this is still a good reference book and should be judged as such.
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 A real flashback! ( rustyspurguesthouseandgallery )
The author definitely defines with a strong bias, but makes no pretense at anything else, so it's not offensive. While I didn't agree with his take on every issue, it was sure a flash down memory lane! I gave a copy to my 28 yr old daughter for Christmas. It will be a great reference every time questions come up like, "Who were the Chicago Seven and what was their story?", or Timothy Leary, or Angela Davis, or Huey Newton.......I am ordering another copy now for an old hippie friend's birthday.
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 This is Not the Oxford English Dictionary of Slang
This book was not to my liking in the least. It completely misses many words and phrases that I recall were very essential to the alternative life style vocabulary of the sixties and seventies. At best, it's a "desk-top" dictionary for nouveau hippie wantabes.
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Farther out ( scott_ryan )
I reviewed the first edition of this book on 27 August 2002 (about ten reviews down), so click through if you want to read what I originally wrote. This review is for the second edition.Here's all I'll say about the content: the revised and expanded edition, just like the first, is an extended argument for keeping The Dream alive. If, like me (and, obviously, John Bassett McCleary), you know there was something more to 'the Sixties' than a bunch of kids getting stoned and having sex, then you'll appreciate this book not only as a reference but as a 'tickler file' for your psyche. The main thing is, what's new in _this_ edition? Well, there are about fifty more pages of text. (The official page count has risen from 663 to 704. But the page numbering has also been adjusted: the entries. which used to start on page 12, now start on page 1 and the forematter is numbered with lowercase Roman numerals. By my count that's an increase of 52 pages.) As you'd expect, some entries are new and others are longer than they used to be. But probably the most important thing for you to know is that McCleary and/or his editor (Joan Jeffers McCleary) have gone over the earlier edition carefully and fixed the errors that have been noted in some of the earlier reviews of this book. There was, for example, some extraneous material included in the very first entry ('A'); now it's gone. The others -- all the ones I know about, anyway -- have been corrected. The McClearys deserve a big round of applause for the quick turnaround time. (The first edition is only two years old.) In my original review I rather unwillingly deducted maybe half a star for that stuff; it was obviously the result of deadline pressure, but this is still a reference book and factual mistakes count. In this review I'm happy to give the half-star back. Everything else I said in my earlier review still applies. As McCleary writes, our society threw the baby out with the bathwater in rejecting hippie ideals; what's most important here is to recognize the 1960s as a period of _experimentation_. Anybody who wants to devote some thoughtful attention to the results of those experiments will find plenty to think about in this book. There's a lot here, but there's nothing you need to 'believe' -- just take it seriously enough to let it roll it around in your mind for a while. With this edition a cool book has gotten cooler. Don't miss it.
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