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Something happened, a political and cultural overview of the seventies, Edward D. Berkowitz

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Something happened, a political and cultural overview of the seventies, Edward D. Berkowitz

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-264) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Something happened

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

60671917

Responsibility statement

Edward D. Berkowitz

Sub title

a political and cultural overview of the seventies

Summary

Examines the political, social, and economic events that shaped the downward turn of America in the 1970s and explores how the bleak economic and political situation impacted American culture

Table Of Contents

Nixon, Watergate, and presidential scandal -- Vietnam and its consequences -- Running out of gas: the economic downturn and social change -- The frustrations of Gerald Ford -- Congress and domestic policy in the age of Gerald Ford -- Jimmy Carter and the great American revival -- The rights revolution -- The me decade and the turn to the right -- The movies as cultural mirror -- Television and the reassurance of the familiar -- The end of the seventies

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