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Great Funk

Falling Apart and Coming Together (on a Shag Rug) in the Seventies

Great Funk( )
Author: Hine, Thomas
ISBN:978-0-374-14839-3
Publication Date:Nov 2007
Publisher:Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $30.00
Book Description:

In the sixties, as the nation anticipated the conquest of space, the defeat of poverty, and an end to injustice at home and abroad, no goal seemed beyond America’s reach.   Then the seventies arrived—bringing oil shocks and gas lines, the disgrace and resignation of a president, defeat in Vietnam, terrorism at the 1972 Munich Olympics, urban squalor, bizarre crimes, high prices, and a bad economy. The country fell into a great funk.   But when things fall apart, you can...
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Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Art / American / General
Social Science / Popular Culture
History / United States / 20Th Century
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7.38 x 9.13 x 0.87 Inches
Book Weight:1.8 Pounds



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