Alan Bisbort has authored or coauthored many books on history, biography, travel, as well as social and cultural issues, including his previous books for Greenwood (now a part of Bloomsbury), Beatniks: A Guide to an American Subculture (2009) and Media Scandals (2008). As editor of PleaseKillMe.com for five years (2017-2022), his operative philosophy was "This Is What's Cool."

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• Alphabetical List of Entries PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: What Is Hip?HISTORYChapter One: The Birth of Hip, Bohemia, and Counterculture in Europe, 1830–1930Chapter Two: Bohemia Crosses the Ocean: Walt Whitman and America’s First Homegrown Bohemian Scenes in New York, 1850–1930Chapter Three: Vagabondia, Licentia, Philistia: Bohemia Spreads to the West, 1860–1960Chapter Four: The Urban “Village” as Bohemia’s Natural Habitat, 1830 to the PresentChapter Five: Flowers in Your Hair: The Siren Song of California, 1960–1970Chapter Six: Beatniks to Hippies to Punks: Coming to Terms with LabelsChapter Seven: After the Gob-Rush: DIY and the Gunk Punk Undergut, 1970–2000REFERENCEA to Z Entries ChronologyGlossaryBibliographyAbout the Author Index

Alan Bisbort has authored or coauthored many books on history, biography, travel, as well as social and cultural issues, including his previous books for Greenwood (now a part of Bloomsbury), Beatniks: A Guide to an American Subculture (2009) and Media Scandals (2008). As editor of PleaseKillMe.com for five years (2017-2022), his operative philosophy was "This Is What's Cool."

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• Alphabetical List of Entries PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: What Is Hip?HISTORYChapter One: The Birth of Hip, Bohemia, and Counterculture in Europe, 1830–1930Chapter Two: Bohemia Crosses the Ocean: Walt Whitman and America’s First Homegrown Bohemian Scenes in New York, 1850–1930Chapter Three: Vagabondia, Licentia, Philistia: Bohemia Spreads to the West, 1860–1960Chapter Four: The Urban “Village” as Bohemia’s Natural Habitat, 1830 to the PresentChapter Five: Flowers in Your Hair: The Siren Song of California, 1960–1970Chapter Six: Beatniks to Hippies to Punks: Coming to Terms with LabelsChapter Seven: After the Gob-Rush: DIY and the Gunk Punk Undergut, 1970–2000REFERENCEA to Z Entries ChronologyGlossaryBibliographyAbout the Author Index

Alan Bisbort has authored or coauthored many books on history, biography, travel, as well as social and cultural issues, including his previous books for Greenwood (now a part of Bloomsbury), Beatniks: A Guide to an American Subculture (2009) and Media Scandals (2008). As editor of PleaseKillMe.com for five years (2017-2022), his operative philosophy was "This Is What's Cool."

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• Alphabetical List of Entries PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: What Is Hip?HISTORYChapter One: The Birth of Hip, Bohemia, and Counterculture in Europe, 1830–1930Chapter Two: Bohemia Crosses the Ocean: Walt Whitman and America’s First Homegrown Bohemian Scenes in New York, 1850–1930Chapter Three: Vagabondia, Licentia, Philistia: Bohemia Spreads to the West, 1860–1960Chapter Four: The Urban “Village” as Bohemia’s Natural Habitat, 1830 to the PresentChapter Five: Flowers in Your Hair: The Siren Song of California, 1960–1970Chapter Six: Beatniks to Hippies to Punks: Coming to Terms with LabelsChapter Seven: After the Gob-Rush: DIY and the Gunk Punk Undergut, 1970–2000REFERENCEA to Z Entries ChronologyGlossaryBibliographyAbout the Author Index