“Machines of loving grace”: Alternative technology, environment, and the counterculture

Imagine Nation: The American Counterculture of the 1960's and 70's

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 353-378

  Kirk, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 85073848762     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203615171-24     Document Type: Chapter

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