Information about the Author

Caroline Maniaque-Benton is a professor of the history of architecture and design at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Normandie. She is the author of "French Encounters with the American Counterculture 1960-1980" and other books.

Book Description

The Whole Earth Catalog was a cultural milestone of the 1960s and 1970s. Its iconic cover image of Earth from space made it one of the most recognized books in bookstores. Between 1968 and 1971, nearly two million copies of its various editions were sold, not just to commune dwellers and hippies. Millions of mainstream readers turned to the Whole Earth Catalog for practical advice and intellectual stimulation, finding everything from a review of Buckminster Fuller to recommendations for juicers. This book offers excerpts from eighty texts from the nea.