Punk by Jon Savage

A concise cultural history that traces the emergence of punk as an aesthetic and social phenomenon in the 1970s, connecting its roots in earlier avant‑gardes, garage rock and street culture to the music, fashion, zines and DIY practices that defined its scenes; it examines key bands and moments alongside the economic and media contexts that shaped youth rebellion, and analyzes how punk’s confrontational style and anti‑establishment attitudes left a lasting influence on art, gender roles, politics and popular culture.