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Austin to ATX : the hippies, pickers, slackers & geeks who transformed the capital of Texas /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Patoski, Joe Nick, 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2019].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Austin (Tex.) > Biography.
Austin (Tex.) > Social life and customs.
Austin (Tex.) > Intellectual life.
Austin (Tex.) > Civilization > 20th century.
Subculture > Texas > Austin.
Table of Contents:
  • Seat of future empire, home of the Armadillo (hippies)
  • City of the Violet Crown, the Gay Place (scribes)
  • Willie Nelson in groover's paradise (pickers)
  • Austin City Limits (vid heads)
  • Whole Foods Market (veg heads)
  • South by Southwest (conventioneers)
  • Austin Film Society (slackers)
  • Dell, Lord British, RvB, Capital Factory, and the translator (geeks)
  • The Franklin line (cool kids)
  • Keeping Austin weird (the looky-loos)
  • Onward through the fog (going mainstream)
  • On the road again.