The 1970s: A New Global History from Civil Rights to Economic Inequality

by Thomas Borstelmann

Book Overview

A compelling framework for understanding the importance of the 1970s for America and the world

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069115791X
• ISBN13: 9780691157917
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"