Daily Life in the 1960s Counterculture
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Daily Life in the 1960s Counterculture

  1. 254 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Daily Life in the 1960s Counterculture

About this book

This book looks at daily life during a pivotal decade in American history: the 1960s. It covers the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement as well as counterculture and protest movements.

The 1960s saw the assassination of a popular president; a confusing and unpopular war that claimed the lives of thousands of American combatants; the passage of a national civil rights act that mandated equal rights across all races; countless violent exchanges among Americans with polarized views on the Vietnam War and civil rights; and through it all, the rise of a counterculture movement that challenged long-established American social and cultural traditions.

Daily Life in the 1960s Counterculture looks at the 1960s from the perspective of Americans who, despite their best efforts to live normal lives, could not escape the tension, conflict, and controversy that surrounded them. The war and the violence associated with protests of it came at great personal cost to many American families. This book looks those social and cultural changes, examining such topics as the sexual revolution; recreational drug culture; the roles of film, television, and music; and more.

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Yes, you can access Daily Life in the 1960s Counterculture by Jim Willis in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & North American History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Greenwood
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9781440859007
eBook ISBN
9798216071099
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface and Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Timeline of Events
  10. 1. Protest Movements
  11. 2. Politics
  12. 3. Intellectual Life
  13. 4. Domestic Life
  14. 5. Religious Life
  15. 6. Military Life
  16. 7. The Role of Drugs
  17. 8. Economics
  18. 9. The Role of Music
  19. 10. Mirrored in Movies
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index