Título:
America in the seventies / Stephanie A. Slocum-Schaffer ; with a foreword by John Robert Greene.
ISBN:
9780815629986
9780815629733
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Edición:
First edition.
Información de publicación:
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2003.
Descripción física:
x, 226 pages ; 23 cm.
Contenido:
Nixon: our father's betrayal -- Ford: the pardoning, but not the healing, of America -- Carter: America's outsider can't make good -- American foreign policy in the Seventies: coming to terms with the limits of American power -- Social movements in the Seventies -- The Seventies' cultural earthquake: an age of loss, an age of birth, an age of change -- Limits and the legacy of the Seventies.
Síntesis:
In revisiting this period of American history, Stephanie A. Slocum-Schaffer plunges readers into the tumultuous seventies. Through her vivid descriptions of the most important events, she offers a visceral sense of the decade, while placing those events in the context of a wide-ranging survey of the political, social, and cultural shifts shaping those years. Central to the book is her contention that the 1970s were a time of betrayal and loss for the United States, tempered by moments of healing and renewal. The author evokes the pain of Nixon's betrayal of the nation, the revelations of the My Lai massacre and the Pentagon Papers, and the losses, notably of such icons as John Wayne and Jimi Hendrix, but also of the doomed cult followers at Jonestown. At the same time, she recalls the success of Camp David, the triumphs of Billie Jean King and Frank Robinson, and the first Space Shuttle test flight, and reminds us of the healing that such evets offered to the United State's faltering self-esteem. This inaugural volume in the series, America in the Twentieth Century, is an accessible and energetic exploration of the times and will serve as a standard introductory survey to history courses. -- Provided by publisher.
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