| Historical Dictionary of the 1960s Contributor(s): Olson, James S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 031329271X ISBN-13: 9780313292712 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $82.17 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1999 Annotation: Few eras in U.S. history have begun with more optimistic promise and ended in more pessimistic despair than the 1960s. When JFK became president in 1960, the U.S. was the hope of the world. Ten years later American power abroad seemed wasted in the jungles of Indochina, and critics at home cast doubt on whether the U.S. was really the "land of the free and the home of the brave." This book takes an encyclopedic look at the decade--at the individuals who shaped the era, the civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's movement, and the youth rebellion. It covers the political, military, social, cultural, religious, economic, and diplomatic topics that made the 1960s a unique decade in U.S. history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Reference - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) |
| Dewey: 973.923 |
| LCCN: 97002231 |
| Lexile Measure: 1200 |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 6.38" W x 9.53" (2.02 lbs) 560 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Few eras in U.S. history have begun with more optimistic promise and ended in more pessimistic despair than the 1960s. When JFK became president in 1960, the U.S. was the hope of the world. Ten years later American power abroad seemed wasted in the jungles of Indochina, and critics at home cast doubt on whether the U.S. was really the land of the free and the home of the brave. This book takes an encyclopedic look at the decade--at the individuals who shaped the era, the civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's movement, and the youth rebellion. It covers the political, military, social, cultural, religious, economic, and diplomatic topics that made the 1960s a unique decade in U.S. history. |