MC5 and Social Change

Mathew J. Bartkowiak is a former associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of American Studies at Michigan State University.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction: Rock and Revolution—The MC5 and Music’s Political Life      1. Fighting in the Streets: Understanding the Undercurrent of Rebellion in Rock      2. Revolution on Your Headphones: Charting Social Location in the Rise of the MC5 and the White Panther Party      3. Motor City Burning: Rock and Rebellion in the WPP and the MC5      4. Sonic Anarchy: The Making of the MC5      5. Guns and Guitars: Revolutionary Style and Substance?      6. Managing the Legacy of the Sound and the Fervor      7. Up Against the Wall: Music’s Place in Revolution      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

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