
1968 in America : music, politics, chaos, counterculture, and the shaping of a generation
Charles Kaiser
Bok · Engelsk · 2018 · History.
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Omfang | XXIX, 306 sider, 16 unummererte sider : illustrasjoner ;
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Utgave | 30th anniversary edition.. - Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
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Opplysninger | Første innbundet utgave i 1988. - Bringing it all back home -- Four democrats, three ghosts, one war -- Blowin' in the wind -- Like a rolling stone -- Tet : the turning point -- The truth comes home -- The chimes of freedom -- Tears of rage -- It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry -- Rock of ages -- Desolation row -- This wheel's on fire -- The long and winding road -- If tomorrow wasn't such a long time. - 1968 was the year that defined the decade - Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated, unprecedented antiwar riots disrupted the Democratic National Convention, and the Tet Offensive in Vietnam changed the course of the war. With this political unrest came a breakthrough of American counterculture into the mainstream led by students and protesters alongside the voices of Aretha Franklin, Simon and Garfunkel, and Bob Dylan.
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ISBN | 0802128033. - 9780802128034
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