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Author : James Stuart Olson
Release : 1998
Genre : United States
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Book Synopsis The Historical Dictionary of the 1960s by : James Stuart Olson
Download or read book The Historical Dictionary of the 1960s written by James Stuart Olson. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James S. Olson
Release : 1999-12-30
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of the 1960s by : James S. Olson
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the 1960s written by James S. Olson. This book was released on 1999-12-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few eras in U.S. history have begun with more optimistic promise and ended in more pessimistic despair than the 1960s. When JFK became president in 1960, the U.S. was the hope of the world. Ten years later American power abroad seemed wasted in the jungles of Indochina, and critics at home cast doubt on whether the U.S. was really the land of the free and the home of the brave. This book takes an encyclopedic look at the decade—at the individuals who shaped the era, the civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's movement, and the youth rebellion. It covers the political, military, social, cultural, religious, economic, and diplomatic topics that made the 1960s a unique decade in U.S. history.
Author : James Stuart Olson
Release : 2000-07-30
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 192/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of the 1950s by : James Stuart Olson
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the 1950s written by James Stuart Olson. This book was released on 2000-07-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, Americans look back nostalgically at the 1950s, an era when television and rock and roll revolutionized popular culture, and Vietnam, race riots, drug abuse, and protest movements were still in the future. With homes in the suburbs, new automobiles, and the latest electrical gadgets, many Americans believed they were the most prosperous people on earth. Yet the era was tainted by the fear of thermonuclear war with the Soviet Union, deepening racial tensions, and discontent with rigid roles for women and the demands of corporate conformity. A sense of rebellion had begun to brew behind the facade. It manifested itself in rock and roll, the budding civil rights movement, and the appearance of a youth culture, eventually exploding in the 1960s. Providing a comprehensive overview, this book includes entries on the prominent people, major events, issues, scandals, ideas, popular culture, and court cases of the decade that gave rise to the tensions of the 1960s.
Author : George D. Chryssides
Release : 2012
Genre : Reference
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Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements by : George D. Chryssides
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements written by George D. Chryssides. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New religious movements--commonly known as cults--are defined as organizations that have arisen within the last 200 years. Most treatments of these movements have typically resorted to sensationalism rather than objectivity, and New religious movements tend to receive negative media publicity. Despite their unfavorable portrayal in popular culture, however, new religious movements are a global phenomenon and much remains to be studied about these movements. In this newly updated second edition of the Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements, George D. Chryssides traces the rise and development of new religious movements throughout the world. An updated introduction summarizes the phenomenon of new religious movements and lays out the changes to the dictionary since the 2001 edition, while the main body of the dictionary consists of close to 600 cross-referenced entries on key figures, ideas, themes, and places related to various new religious movements. An index organizes the information in the dictionary, and a comprehensive bibliography leads the researcher to further sources. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about new religious movements.
Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 2000-07-30
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 351/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of the 1950s by : Bloomsbury Publishing
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the 1950s written by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2000-07-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, Americans look back nostalgically at the 1950s, an era when television and rock and roll revolutionized popular culture, and Vietnam, race riots, drug abuse, and protest movements were still in the future. With homes in the suburbs, new automobiles, and the latest electrical gadgets, many Americans believed they were the most prosperous people on earth. Yet the era was tainted by the fear of thermonuclear war with the Soviet Union, deepening racial tensions, and discontent with rigid roles for women and the demands of corporate conformity. A sense of rebellion had begun to brew behind the facade. It manifested itself in rock and roll, the budding civil rights movement, and the appearance of a youth culture, eventually exploding in the 1960s. Providing a comprehensive overview, this book includes entries on the prominent people, major events, issues, scandals, ideas, popular culture, and court cases of the decade that gave rise to the tensions of the 1960s.
