{"product_id":"rockin-in-the-ivory-tower-rock-music-on-campus-in-the-sixties-paperback-softback-9781978829381","title":"Rockin' in the Ivory Tower; Rock Music on Campus in the Sixties (Paperback \/ softback) 9781978829381","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRockin' in the Ivory Tower\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRock Music on Campus in the Sixties\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames M. Carter (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978829381\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 June 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e222 pages, 40 b-w photographs\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.054 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The research and writing are exciting; \u003ci\u003eRockin’ in the Ivory Tower\u003c\/i\u003e fills an important gap in the historiography of rock music and the sixties.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e - Dewar MacLeod (author of Making the Scene in the Garden State: Popular Music in New Jersey from Edison to Springste) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eRockin’ in the Ivory Tower\u003c\/i\u003e offers a welcome entry into a field of study that is only just beginning to flower.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e - Kenneth Womack (author of Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Histories of American rock music and the 1960s counterculture typically focus on the same few places: Woodstock, Monterey, Altamont. Yet there was also a very active college circuit that brought edgy acts like the Jefferson Airplane and the Velvet Underground to different metropolitan regions and smaller towns all over the country. These campus concerts were often programmed, promoted, and reviewed by students themselves, and their diverse tastes challenged narrow definitions of rock music.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRockin' in the Ivory Tower\u003c\/i\u003e takes a close look at two smaller universities, Drew in New Jersey and Stony Brook on Long Island, to see how the culture of rock music played an integral role in student life in the late 1960s. Analyzing campus archives and college newspapers, historian James Carter traces connections between rock fandom and the civil rights protests, free speech activism, radical ideas, lifestyle transformations, and anti-war movements that revolutionized universities in the 1960s. Furthermore, he finds that these progressive students refused to segregate genres like folk, R\u0026amp;B, hard rock, and pop.\u003ci\u003e Rockin' in the Ivory Tower\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers a front-row seat to a dynamic time for the music industry, countercultural politics, and youth culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Preface and Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Introduction  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 1 Postwar America, the Revolution in Higher Education,\u003cbr\u003e and Popular Music \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 2 “The Sound of the Sixties”: Popular Music and \u003cbr\u003e College Campuses \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 3 “I Blundered My Way Through”: The College Impresario,\u003cbr\u003e Fall 1965–Fall 1967 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 4 “They’re Rockin’ in the Ivory Tower”: Fall 1967–Fall 1968 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 5 The “Americanization of Rock”: Spring 1969–Fall 1970 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Appendix A: Bands\/Artists at Drew University,\u003cbr\u003e 1967–1971\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: Bands\/Artists at Stony Brook University,\u003cbr\u003e 1967–1971\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52640472072472,"sku":"9781978829381","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rockin-in-the-ivory-tower-rock-music-on-campus-in-the-sixties-paperback-softback-9781978829381","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}