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Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: The Seventies: The Great Shift In American Culture, Society, And Politics ISBN13: 9780306811265 ISBN10: 030681126X Author: Schulman, Bruce (Author) Description: A Sprightly, Neatly Detailed And Enlightening History This Is An Important Contribution To Modern American Social History And The Literature Of Popular Culture (Publishers Weekly) Sweeping Away Misconceptions About The Me Decade, Bruce Schulman Offers A Fast-Paced, Wide-Ranging, And Brilliant Examination Of The Political, Cultural, Social, And Religious Upheavals Of The 1970S Arguing That It Was One Of The Most Important Of The Postwar Twentieth-Century Decades, Despite Its Reputation As An Eminently Forgettable Period, Schulman Reconstructs Public Events And Private Lives, High Culture And Low, Analyzing Not Only Presidential Politics And National Policy But Also The Broader Social And Cultural Experiences That Transformed American Life Here Are The Names, Faces, And Movements That Gave Birth To The World We Now Live In-From Nixon And Carter To The Godfather And The Ramones; From Billie Jean King And Phyllis Schlafly To Now And The Era; From The Energy Crisis To Roe V Wade The Seventies Is An Astutely Provocative Reexamination Of A Misunderstood Era Sweeping Away Misconceptions About The Me Decade, Schulman Offers A Fast-Paced, Wide-Ranging, And Brilliant Examination Of The Political, Cultural, Social, And Religious Upheavals Of The 1970'S Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Da Capo Press Publication Date: 2002-04-18 Weight: 0.91 lbs Dimensions: 0.9'' H x 8.9'' L x 6'' W Number of Pages: 352 Language: English