 First edition | |
| Author | Laurence Veysey |
|---|---|
| Subject | American counterculture, American history |
| Published | 1973 (Harper & Row) |
| Pages | 495 |
| ISBN | 0-060-14501-3 |
The Communal Experience: Anarchist and Mystical Counter-Cultures in America is a book-length historical and sociological study of cultural radicalism in the United States, written by historian Laurence Veysey and published in 1973 by Harper & Row.
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