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America in revolt during the 1960s and 1970s [electronic resource] / Rodney P. Carlisle and J. Geoffrey Golson, editors.

Carlisle, Rodney P. (Added Author). Golson, J. Geoffrey. (Added Author).

Summary:

"America in Revolt during the 1960s and 1970s looks at 12 key events, including John F. Kennedy's death, the Civil Rights Act, the introduction of the birth control pill, the student killings at Kent State, and Richard Nixon's resignation. Each chapter recounts the event as it actually happened, then considers how history would have been altered if things had unfolded differently. It is a thought-provoking way of exploring an explosive era whose aftershocks continue to shape the American experience today."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9781851098842 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
ISBN: 1851098844 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 259 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Description based on print version record.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-246) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Civil rights -- John F. Kennedy -- War on poverty -- The Vietnam War -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- The Tet Offensive -- Kent State -- March on Washington -- Women's rights -- Counterculture -- Free Speech Movement -- Richard M. Nixon.