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HIST138

The 196OS: Pop Music and the Counterculture

Course Description

Students will evaluate the history of the 1960s through an examination of the rock and folk music of the turbulent decade. The focus will be on leaders such as Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Doors. The emphasis will be on how music shaped and reflected the values of young people, expressed in movements such as the counterculture, civil rights and the resistance to the Vietnam War.

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3

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