The 1970s : a new global history from civil rights to economic inequality, Thomas Borstelmann

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The 1970s : a new global history from civil rights to economic inequality, Thomas Borstelmann

Title remainder

a new global history from civil rights to economic inequality

Statement of responsibility

Thomas Borstelmann

Instantiates

• The 1970s : a new global history from civil rights to economic inequality

Publication

• Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, ©2012

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Contents

Crosscurrents of crisis in 1970s America : trouble abroad, corruption at home, conservatism and the distrust of government, economic insecurity, turning inward -- The rising tide of equality and democratic reform : women in the public sphere, women in the private sphere, the many frontiers of equality, political reform, resistance -- The spread of market values : a sea change of principles, the economy goes south, globalization's gathering speed, from citizenship to deregulation, market solutions for every problem, a freer market, a coarser culture -- The retreat of empires and the global advance of the market : the emergence of human rights, European empires and Southern Africa, the Soviet Empire, the American empire, the Israeli exception, the retreat of the state, China and the hollowing out of socialism -- Resistance to the new hyper-individualism : the environmentalist challenge, religious resurgence at home, religious resurgence in Israel, religious resurgence in the Muslim world, Jimmy Carter as a man of his times -- More and less equal since the 1970s : evidence to the contrary, inclusiveness ascending, markets persisting, unrestrained consumption, inequality rising

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ocn704557320

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24 cm.

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viii, 401 pages

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9780691157917

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2011007790

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illustrations

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u92031

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• (Sirsi) i9780691141565
• (OCoLC)704557320