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America in the Seventies (Paperback, Annotated edition)
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America in the Seventies (Paperback, Annotated edition)
Series: America in the Twentieth Century
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Loot Price R533
Discovery Miles 5 330
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Explores the cultural and social developments of the United States
during the 1970s and offers a thorough survey of both 1970s popular
culture and political, economic, and military developments. In
assessing this tumultuous period in American history, Stephanie A.
Slocum-Schaffer provides readers with a visceral experience of the
seventies and a comprehensive survey of the important events of the
entire decade. Central to the book is the belief that the 1970s
were a time of betrayal and loss for the U.S., tempered by moments
of healing and renewal. Slocum-Schaffer evokes the pain of Nixon's
betrayal of the nation, the revelvations of the My Lai massacre and
the Pentagon Papers, and the losses of icons such as John Wayne,
Jimi Hendrix, and the cult followers at Jonestown. At the same
time, she revisits the successes of Camp David, Billie Jean King,
and Frank Robinson, and the first Space Shuttle test flight, and
reminds us of the healing that such events offered to the U.S.'s
faltering self-esteem. America in the Seventies concludes with a
"Legacy Chapter, " summarizing the influence of the events of the
decade on future generations and an annotated bibliography that
includes the author's recommendations for the "best first book" to
read on each subject, as well as relevant Internet sources.
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