The a to Z of the Kennedy-Johnson Era |
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Author:
| Burns, Richard Dean Siracusa, Joseph M. |
Series title: | The a to Z Guide Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8108-6879-3 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2009 |
Publisher: | Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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The 1960s witnessed unprecedented progress toward racial and sexual equality, but it also played host to race and urban riots. And while impressive advances in the sciences and arts were fueling the American imagination, the counterculture rejected it all.
The A to Z of the Kennedy-Johnson Era relates these events and provides extensive political, economic, and social background on this era through a detailed chronology, an introduction, appendixes, a bibliography, and several...
More DescriptionThe 1960s witnessed unprecedented progress toward racial and sexual equality, but it also played host to race and urban riots. And while impressive advances in the sciences and arts were fueling the American imagination, the counterculture rejected it all. The A to Z of the Kennedy-Johnson Era relates these events and provides extensive political, economic, and social background on this era through a detailed chronology, an introduction, appendixes, a bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, events, institutions, policies, and issues.