Abbie Hoffman, American rebel
By: Marty Jezer.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 345
Subjects: Hoffman, Abbie; Radicals -- United States -- Biography; Radicalism -- United States; Popular culture -- United States; United States -- Civilization -- 1970-
Description: Looks at the life of the famous rebel in the social, cultural, and political context of his times.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-327) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- "I never left Worcester," 1936-1955 -- Brandeis to Berkeley: Radical education, 1955-1960 -- Civil rights worker: Worcester and the South, 1960-1966 -- East Village: Organizing hippies, 1967 -- Protesting the war, 1967 -- Road to Chicago, 1968 -- Chicago, August 1968 -- Giving up on America, 1968-1969 -- Trial: Hoffman vs. Hoffman, 1969-1970 -- Last hurrah, 1970-1972 -- Rebel without a cause, 1973-1980 -- Capture the flag, 1978-1983 -- Final battles, 1984-1989 -- Notes -- Index.