{"product_id":"power-to-the-people-geoff-kaplan-9780226424354","title":"Power to the People: The Graphic Design of the Radical Press and the Rise of the Counter-Culture, 1964-1974","description":"Though we think of the 1960s and the early '70s as a time of radical social, cultural, and political upheaval, we tend to picture the action as happening on campuses and in the streets. Yet the rise of the underground newspaper was equally daring and original. Thanks to advances in cheap offset printing, groups involved in antiwar, civil rights, and other social liberation issues began to spread their messages through provocatively designed newspapers and broadsheets. This vibrant new media was essential to the counterculture revolution as a whole--helping to motivate the masses and proliferate ideas. \u003ci\u003ePower to the People\u003c\/i\u003e presents more than 700 full-color images and excerpts from these astonishing publications, many of which have not been seen since they were first published almost fifty years ago. From the psychedelic pages of the\u003ci\u003e Oracle, \u003c\/i\u003eHaight-Ashbury's paper of choice, to the fiery editorials of the\u003ci\u003e Black Panther Party Paper, \u003c\/i\u003ethese papers were remarkable for their editors' fervent belief in freedom of expression and their DIY philosophy. They were also extraordinary for their graphic innovations. Experimental typography and wildly inventive layouts reflect an alternative media culture as much informed by the space age, television, and socialism as it was by the great trinity of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. Assembled by renowned graphic designer Geoff Kaplan, \u003ci\u003ePower to the People\u003c\/i\u003e pays homage in its layout to the radical press. Beyond its unparalleled images, \u003ci\u003ePower to the People \u003c\/i\u003eincludes essays by Gwen Allen, Bob Ostertag, and Fred Turner, as well as a series of recollections edited by Pamela M. Lee, all of which comment on the critical impact of the alternative press in the social and popular movements of those turbulent years. \u003ci\u003ePower to the People\u003c\/i\u003e treats the design practices of that moment as activism in its own right that offers a vehement challenge to the dominance of official media and a critical form of self-representation. No other book surveys in such variety the highly innovative graphic design of the underground press, and certainly no other book captures the era with such an unmatched eye toward its aesthetic and look. \u003ci\u003ePower to the People \u003c\/i\u003eis not just a major compendium of art from the '60s and '70s--it showcases how the radical media graphically fashioned the image of a countercultural revolution that still resounds to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geoff Kaplan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226424359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226424354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.20h x 10.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/17\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/22\/3013 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2014","brand":"Geoff Kaplan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46571023368447,"sku":"9780226424354","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e1a0279-b29a-49cf-9736-2026ae6d4f15.jpg?v=1738807026","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/power-to-the-people-geoff-kaplan-9780226424354","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}