Hardcover
From the publisher's website:
- Presents a history of punk based on archival research rather than oral history
- Uncovers the connection between 1980s punk and Reaganism
- Proves how widespread punk was by looking beyond New York City and Los Angeles
- Argues for the intelligence of punk, presenting an intellectual history of punk ideas and expression
- Moves beyond the standard "band history" to examine punk art, poetry, sci-fi literature, and movies as well
- Provides an entertaining but critical analysis of protest politics and songs and other modes of expression
