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Author:
Patoski, Joe Nick, 1951- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92106013
Title:
Austin to ATX : the hippies, pickers, slackers, and geeks who transformed the capital of Texas / Joe Nick Patoski.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Texas A & M University Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
367 pages ; 25 cm
Subject:
Austin (Tex.)--Biography.
Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs.
Austin (Tex.)--Intellectual life.
Austin (Tex.)--Civilization--20th century.
Subculture--Austin.--Austin.
Civilization.
Intellectual life.
Manners and customs.
Subculture.
Texas--Austin.
1900-1999
Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Seat of future empire, home of the Armadillo (hippies) -- City of the Violet Crown, the Gay Place (scribes) -- Willie Nelson in groover's paradise (pickers) -- Austin City Limits (vid heads) -- Whole Foods Market (veg heads) -- South by Southwest (conventioneers) -- Austin Film Society (slackers) -- Dell, Lord British, RvB, Capital Factory, and the translator (geeks) -- The Franklin line (cool kids) -- Keeping Austin weird (the looky-loos) -- Onward through the fog (going mainstream) -- On the road again.
ISBN:
1623497035
9781623497033
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1043064250
LCCN:
2018027856
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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