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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-100313305439
ISBN-139780313305436
eBay Product ID (ePID)915620
Product Key Features
Number of Pages424 Pages
Publication NameHistorical Dictionary of the 1970s
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCivilization, United States / 20th Century, Modern / 20th Century, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Publication Year1999
TypeTextbook
AuthorJames S. Olson
Subject AreaHistory
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight27.3 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN98-046818
Reviews"...recommended for high-school, academic, and public libraries. Readable for either the person who lived through or was born after [this] period...Historical Dictionary of the 1970s will enlighten, inform, and lead to a clearer assessment of this period of identity shift for the U.S., its people, and its culture."- Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin, "...recommended for high-school, academic, and public libraries. Readable for either the person who lived through or was born after [this] period...Historical Dictionary of the 1970s will enlighten, inform, and lead to a clearer assessment of this period of identity shift for the U.S., its people, and its culture." Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal331
SynopsisThe 1970s were difficult years for the United States, a time when long-held convictions were challenged and the nation experienced a collective identity crisis. Women and minorities called into question the belief that freedom and equality are the birthright of all Americans. The civil rights movements of the 1970s argued that American history is full of racism and violence against women and people of color. Watergate and related scandals of the Nixon administration damaged the country's faith in politicians and the political system. The Arab oil boycott, the energy crisis, the environmental movement, and years of stagflation raised doubts about the future of the nation's economy, and in the jungles of Vietnam, many Americans began to doubt their ability to protect the world from Communism. An encyclopedic overview of the era, this book includes entries on the prominent people and significant events, issues and controversies of the decade, and entries on the film, music, and culture of the period. A chronology provides a time line for the events of the 1970s.
LC Classification NumberE839
