"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 a…
"<<Qu'est-ce que tu dirais si j'avais tué quelqu'un?>> J'ai cru qu'elle plaisantait ou qu'elle m'avait posé cette question à cause des romans policiers qu'elle avait l'habitude de lire. C'éait d'illeurs sa seule lecture. Peut-être que dans l'n de ces romans une femme posait la m…
"<<Qu'est-ce que tu dirais si j'avais tué quelqu'un?>> J'ai cru qu'elle plaisantait ou qu'elle m'avait posé cette question à cause des romans policiers qu'elle avait l'habitude de lire. C'éait d'illeurs sa seule lecture. Peut-être que dans l'n de ces romans une femme posait la m…
"Qu'est-ce que tu dirais si j'avais tué quelqu'un? J'ai cru qu'elle plaisantait ou qu'elle m'avait posé cette question à cause des romans policiers qu'elle avait l'habitude de lire. C'était d'ailleurs sa seule lecture. Peut-être que dans l'un de ces romans une femme posait la mê…
Four narrators, a student from a cafe, a private detective hired by an aggrieved husband, the heroine herself and one of her lovers, construct a portrait of Jacqueline Delanque, otherwise known as Louki. The daughter of a single mother who works in the Moulin Rouge, Louki grows …
Rielly (English, St. Joseph's College) explores details of pop culture that reflect cultural and political undercurrents of the 1960s, as part of a series of volumes offering a decade-by-decade historical analysis of American pop culture. Offering wide coverage for general reade…
Explores the decade of the 1960s and its pop culture, artistic and musical movements, and political issues including the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
"Frye Gaillard has given us a deeply personal history, bringing his keen storyteller's eye to this pivotal time in American life. He explores the competing story arcs of tragedy and hope through the political and social movements of the times - civil rights, black power, women's…
"Frye Gaillard has given us a deeply personal history, bringing his keen storyteller's eye to this pivotal time in American life. He explores the competing story arcs of tragedy and hope through the political and social movements of the times - civil rights, black power, women's…
"Frye Gaillard has given us a deeply personal history, bringing his keen storyteller's eye to this pivotal time in American life. He explores the competing story arcs of tragedy and hope through the political and social movements of the times - civil rights, Black Power, Women's…
"Frye Gaillard has given us a deeply personal history, bringing his keen storyteller's eye to this pivotal time in American life. He explores the competing story arcs of tragedy and hope through the political and social movements of the times - civil rights, black power, women's…
1966. The Beatles' last concert; the release of Revolver, their first album of songs not intended for live performance. They experimented with avant-garde ideas, and angered many when they spoke their minds on issues of politics, war, and religion. Turner looks at the historical…
How the cultural revolution of the 1960s changed America.
