Description: Further DetailsTitle: The 1970sCondition: NewEAN: 9780691157917ISBN: 9780691157917Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/24/2013Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 567gAuthor: Thomas BorstelmannLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: A New Global History from Civil Rights to Economic InequalityISBN-10: 069115791XDescription: The 1970s looks at an iconic decade when the cultural left and economic right came to the fore in American society and the world at large. While many have seen the 1970s as simply a period of failures epitomized by Watergate, inflation, the oil crisis, global unrest, and disillusionment with military efforts in Vietnam, Thomas Borstelmann creates a new framework for understanding the period and its legacy. He demonstrates how the 1970s increased social inclusiveness and, at the same time, encouraged commitments to the free market and wariness of government. As a result, American culture and much of the rest of the world became more--and less--equal. Borstelmann explores how the 1970s forged the contours of contemporary America. Military, political, and economic crises undercut citizens' confidence in government. Free market enthusiasm led to lower taxes, a volunteer army, individual 401(k) retirement plans, free agency in sports, deregulated airlines, and expansions in gambling and pornography. At the same time, the movement for civil rights grew, promoting changes for women, gays, immigrants, and the disabled. And developments were not limited to the United States.Many countries gave up colonial and racial hierarchies to develop a new formal commitment to human rights, while economic deregulation spread to other parts of the world, from Chile and the United Kingdom to China. Placing a tempestuous political culture within a global perspective, The 1970s shows that the decade wrought irrevocable transformations upon American society and the broader world that continue to resonate today.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: HistoryBook Series: America in the WorldRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The 1970s
Title: The 1970s
EAN: 9780691157917
ISBN: 9780691157917
Release Date: 02/24/2013
Release Year: 2013
Subtitle: A New Global History from Civil Rights to Economic Inequality
ISBN-10: 069115791X
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: 1970s : a New Global History from Civil Rights to Economic Inequality
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 1.1 in
Subject: United States / 20th Century, Sociology / General, Civil Rights, Modern / 20th Century, International Relations / General, Commerce, Economic Conditions
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Thomas Borstelmann
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Series: America in the World Ser.
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback