Historical Dictionary of the 1960s by Olson, James Stuart

Historical Dictionary of the 1960s (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313292712)

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Historical Dictionary of the 1960s by Olson, James Stuart

Historical Dictionary of the 1960s

$83.00
Historical Dictionary of the 1960s by Olson, James Stuart

Historical Dictionary of the 1960s

$83.00
Format: Hardcover
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Few eras in U.S. history have begun with more optimistic promise and ended in more pessimistic despair than the 1960s. When JFK became president in 1960, the U.S. was the hope of the world. Ten years later American power abroad seemed wasted in the jungles of Indochina, and critics at home cast doubt on whether the U.S. was really the land of the free and the home of the brave. This book takes an encyclopedic look at the decade--at the individuals who shaped the era, the civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's movement, and the youth rebellion. It covers the political, military, social, cultural, religious, economic, and diplomatic topics that made the 1960s a unique decade in U.S. history.

Author: James Stuart Olson
ISBN-10: 031329271X
ISBN-13: 9780313292712
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 12/30/1999
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.02lbs
Size: 9.53h x 6.38w x 1.24d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/01/1998 pg. 80
Booklist 04/15/2000 pg. 1574
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2001 pg. 190
Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2001 pg. 90
By James Stuart Olson
By James Stuart Olson
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JAMES S. OLSON is Professor of History and department chair at Sam Houston State University. He has written and edited many books, including The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary (1996), The Vietnam War: Handbook of the Literature and Research (1993), and Historical Dictionary of the 1920s (1988), all published by Greenwood Press.

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