Editor: Jean-François Bizot
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, London
Publication: 2006, First Edition
Binding: Softcover, section sewn
Pages: 256
Size: 232 x 336
Text: English
ISBN: 0500286051
(Preface) 'Taking its collective name from the wartime 'underground press' of Europe's anti-Nazi resistance, the rebellious countercultural publications featured here were all members of the Underground Press Syndicate (later renamed the Alternative Press Syndicate), which was founded in 1967 so that member papers could freely share and reprint material. This utopian model perfectly suited the radical spirit of the times, and resulted in an explosion of alternative publications worldwide that documented everything from politics and art to film and fashion, with a sizeable leavening of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll.
This nostalgic tour de force is a colourful, enjoyable and sometimes mindbending trawl through the archives of the Underground Press Syndicate. It features such international publications as Oz (which sparked censorship wars), The East Village Other (embracing the counterculture of New York), The Berkeley Barb (inspired by the student activism of the Free Speech Movement) and Fifth Estate (which coined the phrase 'all isms are was-isms'). Every small start-up had access to the work of soon-to-be-famous writers, journalists, artists and graphic designers, and this book includes such notable figures as Hunter S. Thompson, Robert Crumb, Germaine Greer, Richard Neville and Ron Cobb, to name only a few.
The ideas unleashed in these seminal publications continue to reverberate through culture, politics and society. 200 Trips from the Counterculture is a vibrant celebration of those ideas, and will be essential reading for anyone interested in 60s counterculture.'
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