Sixties Going on Seventies - Hardcover

Sayre, Nora

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0094598002 ISBN 13: 9780094598003

Publisher: Constable, 1974

Synopsis

In this volume, Nora Sayre explores the USA's transformation during the 1960s and 70s. She examines the landscapes of the era: student strikes at Harvard and Yale; anti-war veterans; John Birchers; Timothy Leary; Yippies and Aquarians; utopias gone wrong; George McGovern; Spiro Agnew; Richard Nixon; George Wallace; black anger at Watts; the media at work; policemen in college; off-off Broadway; the 1972 Democratic and Republican Conventions; and the rebirth of feminism. This book was nominated for the 1974 National Book Award.

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From the Back Cover:

Now back in print, this revised edition contains the best of the original volume and brings the commentary up to date, allowing us to view the period with hindsight from the nineties. Nora Sayre guides us through our nation's transformation during an explosive decade. She explores the landscapes of the era - student strikes at Harvard and Yale, anti-war veterans, John Birchers, Timothy Leary, Yippies and Aquarians, utopias gone wrong, George McGovern, Spiro Agnew, Richard Nixon, George Wallace, black anger in Watts, the media at work, policemen in college, off-off Broadway, the 1972 Democratic and Republican Conventions, and the rebirth of feminism. Sixties Going on Seventies, nominated for a 1974 National Book Award, is also a chronicle of the shattering of cities, the problems of the left, the momentum of the right - and above all, the authentic voices of the people concerned. Sayre recorded all of these events and personalities in exhilarating prose; her witty observations are remarkably fresh today.

About this edition

• Publisher: Constable
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 0094598002
• ISBN 13: 9780094598003
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1