Sixties going on seventies
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Now back in print, this revised edition contains the best of the original volume and brings the commentary up to date, allowing us to view the period with hindsight from the nineties. Nora Sayre guides us through our nation's transformation during an explosive decade. She explores the landscapes of the era - student strikes at Harvard and Yale, anti-war veterans, John Birchers, Timothy Leary, Yippies and Aquarians, utopias gone wrong, George McGovern, Spiro Agnew, Richard Nixon, George Wallace, black anger in Watts, the media at work, policemen in college, off-off Broadway, the 1972 Democratic and Republican Conventions, and the rebirth of feminism. Sixties Going on Seventies, nominated for a 1974 National Book Award, is also a chronicle of the shattering of cities, the problems of the left, the momentum of the right - and above all, the authentic voices of the people concerned. Sayre recorded all of these events and personalities in exhilarating prose; her witty observations are remarkably fresh today.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0877950547
ISBN13:9780877950547
Release Date:January 1973
Publisher:Arbor House
Length:419 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
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The spirit of the sixties lives!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Rebellious political journalism at its best, and required reading for anyone who loves the counterculture. Sayres captures the tumultuous voice of the people as she charges right into the thick of Black power, student strikes, riots, the John Birch Society, political conventions, and cultural revolution. New Yorkers will find a big chunk of local history here as well.Five stars plus for dynamic, vivid storytelling. Buy this book today!
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