1960-1980

A collection of articles and essays in which a variety of authors comment on the art, politics, culture, attitudes, and media of the 1960s.

Reprints pages from Sears catalogs that show how fashions for men, women, and children changed throughout the 1960s.

A social history of the U.S., examining four periods, from 1960 to 1966, 1967 to 1974, 1975 to 1980, and the decade of the 1980s, discussing how the details of everyday living were affected by issues such as the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and popular culture.

This book traces the history of the American counterculture of the 1960s. consisting of a mixed legacy of the diverse agendas of university students, blacks, women, hippies, and radicals with overlapping goals such as ending the Vietnam War and ending the Establishment's stranglehold on the U.S.

Discusses women's efforts to achieve social, economic and political equality.

Presents several articles which discuss the seeds of the counterculture, the protests against the war in Vietnam, the hippies and the psychadelic revolution, guerilla politics as practiced by the Yippies and the feminists, and the Black Power movement.

Discusses life in 1960s America, including prosperity, baby boomers, African-Americans, Vietnam protesters, and the changing role of women.

Examines the lives of seven men and women who became known for their political activism during the 1960s, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Dagmar Wilson, Tom Hayden, Cesar Chavez, Betty Friedan, Abbie Hoffman, and Angela Davis.

Journalist Tom Brokaw looks back on life in the United States during the 1960s, sharing the perspectives and experiences of famous and ordinary people who were affected by the tumultuous times, discussing changes that occurred in politics, culture, and society, and looking at how the era influenced events to come.