Rockers, Rebels and Romantics: Countercultures in Modern Europe, 1750-Present

by Victoria E. Thompson

The term 'counterculture' is often used to refer to the youth movements of the 1960s and 1970s, but it has a long history in Europe. Beginning in the mid-eighteenth century, Rockers, Rebels and Romantics examines how young people turned to art and literature, music, fashion and lifestyle to criticize those with wealth and power. It investigates how, from the earliest romantics to punk rockers and rappers, those who were part of a European counter-culture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474267726
• ISBN13: 9781474267724
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 304 Pages