1961-1971

A comprehensive look at America in the 1960's that presents thirty profiles of individuals and families--their life at home, on the job, and in their neighborhood--and includes photographs and historical images and covers economic and social conditions.

Examines President Lyndon B. Johnson's proposal for social advances and domestic improvement known as the Great Society, focusing on efforts to fight poverty through a program of community activism, worker training, education, health and legal services, and civil rights, and discussing how the financial drain of the Vietnam War affected the poverty initiatives.

Examines the progressive political climate in the United States during the 1960s, discusses the numerous government initiatives that were established, and explains why a time of such great change ended so quickly.