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    FREEDOM AND TOTAL LOSS: TENSIONS, IDENTITY FORMATION AND THE BACK-TO-THE-LAND MOVEMENT IN 1970s VERMONT

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    Date
    2017-01-01
    Type of Work
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    thesis
    Department
    History
    Program
    Historical Studies
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    This item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is made available by UMBC for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/specoll/repro.php or contact Special Collections at speccoll(at)umbc.edu
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    Subjects
    back-to-the-land movement
    brattleboro
    communes
    hippies
    vermont
    windham college
    Abstract
    This thesis examines a period of interaction between natives and newcomers during Vermont?s "hippie influx." Specifically, it considers the adjacent towns of Brattleboro, Putney and Guilford between 1968 and 1975. These towns saw the state?s earliest hippie communes and counterculture institutions. Simultaneously, there was a rise in student populations at local colleges and anti-war demonstrations. Many locals were ambivalent towards the newcomers and at times, reacted violently. This thesis argues against a history of smooth transitions between the ?old Vermont? of conservative farmers and the ?new Vermont? of middle-to-upper class progressives. Although centered in the 1970s, this thesis provides historical context to better understand modern right-wing resurgences in the state, such as the "Take Back Vermont" movement, and the state?s current, sharp socio-economic divide. Finally, it explains how state identity was formed and altered over the twentieth century, and to what extent the hippies had an impact on this.


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    Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery
    University of Maryland, Baltimore County
    1000 Hilltop Circle
    Baltimore, MD 21250
    www.umbc.edu/scholarworks

    Contact information:
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    Phone: 410-455-3544


    If you wish to submit a copyright complaint or withdrawal request, please email mdsoar-help@umd.edu.