What Really Happened to the 1960s: How Mass Media Culture Failed American Democracy

by Edward P. Morgan

Book Overview

Wherever we turn these days, we encounter reminders of the sixties. They're invoked in presidential campaigns, American military actions, and outbursts of mass protest. We're bombarded with media-saturated anniversaries of iconic events, from JFK's inauguration (and assassination) to urban riots and Woodstock. But as Edward Morgan suggests, these references offer little more than an endless stream of distracting imagery that has more to do with today's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700617566
• ISBN13: 9780700617562
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"