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This is a revealing look at the events and personalities that defined the Beat Generation, drawing on over three decades of research.

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Alan Bisbort has worked as a writer and researcher for the Library of Congress since 1992, coauthoring The Nation's Library, the official guide for the Library's bicentennial, and contributing to The Civil War: A Library of Congress Desk Reference and The Library of Congress World War II Companion.

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A historian of American culture and art, Bisbort profiles the first counter-culture generation to be branded by modern marketing. He describes the origins of the beat generation during World War II, how the beats turned into beatniks, the emergence of a beatnik voice, and the spread of the phenomenon from Manhattan to the US and the world. Support material includes a timeline, biographical sketches, a glossary, lists of movies and magazines, and lists of precursors and progeny.
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