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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794776503321

Autore

Strain Christopher B. <1970->

Titolo

The long sixties : America, 1955-1973 / / Christopher B. Strain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2017

2017

ISBN

1-119-15041-8

1-119-15044-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Collana

New York Academy of Sciences

Classificazione

253.073

973.92

Disciplina

973.92

Soggetti

United States History 1953-1961

United States History 1961-1969

United States Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

The fifties : tranquility in turmoil -- From new frontier to great society -- The Cold War -- The Civil Rights Movement -- The student rebellion -- The Vietnam quagmire -- Sex, gender, and the new feminism -- Revolutions left and right -- Small steps, giant leaps, new concerns -- Minority empowerment : from margin to mainstream -- Sucking in the seventies (or, that 70s chapter) -- Legacies.