The 1970s / Neil A. Hamilton
- Bib ID:
- 3703196
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hamilton, Neil A., 1949-
- Description:
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- New York : Facts On File, c2006
- xii, 500 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 29 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0816057788
- Series:
- Eyewitness history.
- Summary:
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"The 1970s, a volume in Facts On File's acclaimed Eyewitness History series, provides hundreds of firsthand accounts of the decade - from diary entries, letters, speeches, and newspaper accounts - that illustrate how historical events appeared to those who lived through them. In addition to the firsthand accounts, each chapter will provide an introductory essay and a chronology of events. The book also includes excerpts from such critical documents as the Equal Rights Amendment, the War Powers Act, FBI teletypes regarding student protests at Kent State University, and President Jimmy Carter's South Lawn Departure Statement for the Middle East, as well as capsule biographies of 47 key figures, 12 maps and graphs, 98 black-and-white photographs, notes, a bibliography, and an index." -- Book jacket.
- Full contents:
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- Divided America : January 1970-December 1970
- Polarized America : January 1971-December 1971
- Restless America : January 1972-December 1972
- Watergate America : crisis of conscience, January 1973-August 1974
- Watergate America : faith no more, August 1974-1975
- Bicentennial America : January 1976-December 1976
- Frustrated America : January 1977-December 1977
- Escapist America : January 1978-December 1978
- Meltdown America : January 1979-January 1981.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 457-484.
- Subject:
- Also Titled:
- Nineteen seventies
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2006
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