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CHAPTER 5. CRUMBLING CITIES AND REVISIONIST HISTORY

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
PROLOGUE 1
CHAPTER 1. BEFORE THE FLOOD 4
CHAPTER 2. TALKIN’ ’BOUT MY GENERATION 23
CHAPTER 3. 1968, NIXON TURN 52
CHAPTER 4. THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL 76
CHAPTER 5. CRUMBLING CITIES AND REVISIONIST HISTORY 102
CHAPTER 6. PRIVACY, PARANOIA, DISILLUSION, AND BETRAYAL 133
CHAPTER 7. WHITE KNIGHTS IN EXISTENTIAL DESPAIR 166
CHAPTER 8. BUSINESSMEN DRINK MY WINE 189
APPENDIX: 100 SEVENTIES FILMS OF THE LAST GOLDEN AGE 217
Notes 233
Index 261

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
PROLOGUE 1
CHAPTER 1. BEFORE THE FLOOD 4
CHAPTER 2. TALKIN’ ’BOUT MY GENERATION 23
CHAPTER 3. 1968, NIXON TURN 52
CHAPTER 4. THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL 76
CHAPTER 5. CRUMBLING CITIES AND REVISIONIST HISTORY 102
CHAPTER 6. PRIVACY, PARANOIA, DISILLUSION, AND BETRAYAL 133
CHAPTER 7. WHITE KNIGHTS IN EXISTENTIAL DESPAIR 166
CHAPTER 8. BUSINESSMEN DRINK MY WINE 189
APPENDIX: 100 SEVENTIES FILMS OF THE LAST GOLDEN AGE 217
Notes 233
Index 261

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