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The '60s For Dummies

The '60s For Dummies


By Brian Cassity, Maxine Levaren

ISBN: 978-0-7645-8414-5
Format: Paper
Pages: 364 Pages
Pub. Date: August 2005

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Price: $19.99
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Introduction.

Part I: Acting Presidential: Viewing the Decade from the Top.

Chapter 1: The Times They Are A-Changin’.

Chapter 2: Enter JFK: A New Era.

Chapter 3: LBJ and the Great Society.

Chapter 4: Richard Nixon: Cold War Warrior.

Part II: Marching toward Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement.

Chapter 5: Establishing a Firm Foundation.

Chapter 6: Sitting, Riding, and Marching for Freedom.

Chapter 7: Embracing Black Power.

Part III: Fighting for Peace: Vietnam and the Antiwar Movement.

Chapter 8: Welcome to Vietnam.

Chapter 9: Speaking Out against the War.

Chapter 10: Shifting the Burden: Leaving Vietnam.

Part IV: Starting a Revolution: Social Upheaval and Angst.

Chapter 11: Leaning to the Left.

Chapter 12: I Am Woman: From the Frying Pan into the Fire.

Chapter 13: Protesting for Equality and Pushing for Change.

Part V: Tuning In, Turning On, and Dropping Out: Transforming American Culture.

Chapter 14: Far Out: The Counterculture.

Chapter 15: A Long, Strange Trip: Music in the 1960s.

Chapter 16: Exploring Pop Culture.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 17: Ten Years of Hit Songs.

Chapter 18: Ten Movies to Take You Back in Time.

Chapter 19: Ten Things You Could Get for $1.

Appendix: Taking a Trip through Time.

Index.

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