The Greening of America

A landmark of the counterculture era, this provocative work argues that America was undergoing a profound cultural transformation in the late 1960s. Written by a Yale law professor, it explores the rise of a new social awareness—what the author calls “Consciousness III”—emerging in response to the bureaucratic, corporate structures that dominated mid‑century life. Blending legal insight, social criticism, and personal reflection, the book examines generational conflict, individual freedom, consumer culture, and the possibility of a more humane society. Both a product of its time and a vivid window into it, this influential and controversial study will interest readers curious about the intellectual roots of the 1960s counterculture and debates over freedom, authority, and social change in modern America.