San Francisco In The Sixties

With the passing of the twentieth century into history, the 1960s can be confirmed as one of its most crucial decades, an era of unprecedented social and cultural revolution. Certain world cities - London, Paris, New York and San Francisco - were, in their very different ways, at the vanguard of this global ferment.

This exciting series of books reveals the arts, fashions, passions, people and events in each of these cities during this extraordinary era, by means of candid, striking images by contemporary photographers. The selection of photographs has been made with the advantage of hindsight, and offers both insights and several surprises.

From the hippies of Haight-Ashbury, the world famous Summer of Love, the psychedelic sounds of Jefferson Airplane and the antics of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, San Francisco in the Sixties was place overflowing with creativity and new ideas. This book explores this exciting period in the city's history to give a thrilling taste of how it was to live in San Francisco during this seminal decade.