nineteen sixties

A history of advertising, focusing on the 1960s, discussing the industry's anticipation of the youth rebellion of the decade, and looking at how the businesses of advertising and men's clothing teamed up to create and benefit from the cultural revolution.

Collects thirteen essays on various themes relating to the counterculture in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s, covering cultural politics, racial and sexual identity, media and popular culture, and different ways of deconditioning the human mind.

Describes twelve important events in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s, including the assassination of President Kennedy, the killings at Kent State, and the passing of the Civil Rights Act, and imagines how history might have gone had they not happened.

Fifty-nine Americans recount their memories of the 1960s; includes Peace Corps workers, soldiers, antiwar activists, feminists, members of the Black Panthers and Students for a Democratic Society, and others. Also includes Kent State students who were at the university the day that the Ohio National Guard fatally shot four students in 1970.

The author presents his personal memoirs that recount his life and experiences from his final year in the Navy, his work as a correspondent in Vietnam, and his thoughts on the invasion of Laos.

Describes some of the major events of the 1960s that helped to change the world including the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War, Civil Rights, Vietnam War, the Beatles, lunar landing, and Woodstock.

An anthology of essays, poetry, and fiction from the 1960s.

In 1960, bored and lonely thirteen-year-old Sophie is not happy about spending the summer at her grandmother's old house in the Bayou until she finds a maze with a secretive and mischievous inhabitant. She then makes a wish and finds herself in 1860 at her family's home, where she is mistaken for a slave.