The 1960s
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The 1960s In Sports
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Author : , Miles Coverdale Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2020-04-27
The 1960s In Sports written by , Miles Coverdale Jr. and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-27 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This book includes the most significant sporting events of the 1960s, covering all the moments that generated tremendous growth in professional and college sports in America during this decade. It features stories such as Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record, Wilt Chamberlain scoring 100 points, and Muhammad Ali beating Sonny Liston. Sports became a national obsession in the 1960s as people tuned in on their new televisions to watch the exploits of some of the most legendary athletes and teams in history. It was the decade of Mickey Mantle, Jim Brown, Bill Russell, Bobby Hull, and Arnold Palmer, the decade when the Celtics dominated basketball, Joe Namath delivered on his Super Bowl guarantee, and the Miracle Mets won the World Series. In The 1960s in Sports: A Decade of Change, Miles Coverdale looks back at what was arguably the greatest decade in sports history, when the sports world of today began to take shape during a very tumultuous period of American history. At the start of the decade, thirteen years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball, major league rosters were still populated mostly by white Americans. The NFL and NBA were struggling financially and were much less popular than college football and basketball. The Olympics were still open only to amateur athletes. But the sports landscape changed dramatically in the 1960s. Coverdale traces this development by covering the significant events and iconic players of the decade, including stars such as Sandy Koufax, Johnny Unitas, Bobby Orr, and Jack Nicklaus. There were great teams and incredible rivalries, and professional and college sports alike expanded and thrived. Featuring over 70 photos of legendary athletes and memorable moments, The 1960s in Sports transports the reader back to a golden age in sports. With additional coverage of important historical events such as the Cold War, Vietnam, and the Civil Rights Movement, this book also reveals how social and political events impacted the sports world, making it an invaluable resource for anyone interested in this significant decade.
Berkeley At War The 1960s
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Author : W.J. Rorabaugh Professor of History University of Washington
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1989-05-04
Berkeley At War The 1960s written by W.J. Rorabaugh Professor of History University of Washington and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-05-04 with Education categories.
Berkeley, California, was the bellwether of the political, social, and cultural upheaval that made the 1960s a unique period of American history--a time when the top-down methods of a conservative establishment collided head-on with the bottom-up, grass-roots ethos of the civil rights movement and an increasingly well-educated and individualistic middle class. W.J. Rorabaugh, who attended the graduate school of the University of California at Berkeley in the early 1970s, presents a lively and informative account of the events that overtook and changed forever what had once been a quiet, conservative white suburb. The rise of the Free Speech Movement, which gave a voice to disfranchised students; the growth and increasing militance of a black community struggling to end segregation; the emergence of radicalism and the anti-war movement; the blossoming of "hippie" culture, with its scorn for materialism and enthusiasm for experimentation with everything from sex and drugs to Eastern philosophies; the beginnings of modern-day feminism and environmentalism--and how all of these coalesced in the explosive conflict over People's Park--are traced in a meticulously researched and authoritative narrative. At issue was the question of power, and the struggle between the establishment and the powerless led to developments that the advocates of a freer society could scarcely have foreseen: Ronald Reagan, elected governor of California in reaction to the events at Berkeley, and Edwin H. Meese III, who battled against the student movement and People's Park, rose to national power in the 1980s (without, however, gaining any popularity in Berkeley, where Walter Mondale won 83 percent of the vote in 1984). An invaluable account of its time and place, this book anchors the '60s in American history, both before and since that colorful decade.
Modern American Drama Playwriting In The 1960s
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Author : Mike Sell
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-11-14
Modern American Drama Playwriting In The 1960s written by Mike Sell and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Decades of Modern American Drama series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1930s to 2009 in eight volumes. Each volume equips readers with a detailed understanding of the context from which work emerged: an introduction considers life in the decade with a focus on domestic life and conditions, social changes, culture, media, technology, industry and political events; while a chapter on the theatre of the decade offers a wide-ranging and thorough survey of theatres, companies, dramatists, new movements and developments in response to the economic and political conditions of the day. The work of the four most prominent playwrights from the decade receives in-depth analysis and re-evaluation by a team of experts, together with commentary on their subsequent work and legacy. A final section brings together original documents such as interviews with the playwrights and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other previously unpublished material. The major playwrights and their plays to receive in-depth coverage in this volume include: * Edward Albee: The American Dream (1960), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), A Delicate Balance (1966) and Tiny Alice (1964 ); * Amiri Baraka: Dutchman (1964), The Slave (1964) and Slaveship (1967); * Adrienne Kennedy: Funnyhouse of a Negro (1964), Cities in Bezique (The Owl Answers and A Beast's Story, 1969), and A Rat's Mass (1967); * Jean-Claude van Itallie: American Hurrah (1966), The Serpent (1968) and War (1963).
The Right Side Of The Sixties
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Author : Laura Jane Gifford
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-07-25
The Right Side Of The Sixties written by Laura Jane Gifford and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-25 with History categories.
The 1960s were a transformative era for American politics, but much is still unknown about the growth of conservatism during the period when it was radically reshaped and became the national political force that it is today. In their efforts to chronicle the national politicians and organizations that led the movement, previous histories have often neglected local perspectives, the role of religion, transnational exchange, and other aspects that help to explain conservatism's enduring influence in American politics. Taken together, the contributions gathered here offer a cutting-edge synthesis that incorporates these overlooked developments and provides new insights into the way that the 1960s shaped the trajectory of postwar conservatism.
The Sixties In The News
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Author : William J. Ryczek
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-11-10
The Sixties In The News written by William J. Ryczek and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-10 with History categories.
The 1960s were one of the most tumultuous periods in American history. Perceptions of race, gender and age changed dramatically, ripping away beliefs that had endured for generations. Newspapers, the primary source of information at the time, broadcasted all of these events, from important national news--such as President Nixon's efforts to end the Vietnam war--to more light-hearted affairs--such as a topless dancer's pursuit of the Stanford University student government presidency. Included in this book are examinations of newspaper articles from 1959 to 1973, to which the author provides background and often an epilogue showing what happened to some of the dramatic players. The subjects of sex, drugs, rock and roll, marriage, politics, entertainment, and more are discussed in both a serious and humorous vein, with the perspective of more than 50 years. For those who lived through the 1960s, this book will bring back memories. For those too young to remember the era, this is an opportunity to learn more about why parents are the way they are.
American Theater Of The 1960s
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Author : Zoltán Szilassy
language : en
Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press
Release Date : 1986
American Theater Of The 1960s written by Zoltán Szilassy and has been published by Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Performing Arts categories.
From the perspective of a Hungarian scholar who has spent much time in the United States, Zoltàn Szilassy seeks through the dramaturgical kaleidoscope of the American l960s to locate what is permanent in some of the varied heritage of the period and to explore the whirlpool of innovations, many of which are nondramatic in origin or character. The book is divided into two parts, "The Rebellious Drama" and "The Intermedia." The three chapters in Part 1 are "Edward Albee: First among Equals," "Varieties of the Albee Generation," and "The Dramaturgical Kaleidoscope of the Sixties." Part 2 contains "Happenings and New Performance Theories," "The Regional Alternative Theater," and "Conclusion, Outlook, and Reminiscences." Surveying the American dramatic scene, Szilassy concludes: The European observer may still "hope that Americans will keep or rather develop the kind of theatrical equilibrium that duly made the sixties unforgettable both at home and abroad."
After The End Of History
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Author : Samuel Cohen
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2009-10-01
After The End Of History written by Samuel Cohen and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this bold book, Samuel Cohen asserts the literary and historical importance of the period between the fall of the Berlin wall and that of the Twin Towers in New York. With refreshing clarity, he examines six 1990s novels and two post-9/11 novels that explore the impact of the end of the Cold War: Pynchon's Mason & Dixon, Roth's American Pastoral, Morrison's Paradise, O'Brien's In the Lake of the Woods, Didion's The Last Thing He Wanted, Eugenides's Middlesex, Lethem's Fortress of Solitude, and DeLillo's Underworld. Cohen emphasizes how these works reconnect the past to a present that is ironically keen on denying that connection. Exploring the ways ideas about paradise and pastoral, difference and exclusion, innocence and righteousness, triumph and trauma deform the stories Americans tell themselves about their nation’s past, After the End of History challenges us to reconsider these works in a new light, offering fresh, insightful readings of what are destined to be classic works of literature. At the same time, Cohen enters into the theoretical discussion about postmodern historical understanding. Throwing his hat in the ring with force and style, he confronts not only Francis Fukuyama’s triumphalist response to the fall of the Soviet Union but also the other literary and political “end of history” claims put forth by such theorists as Fredric Jameson and Walter Benn Michaels. In a straightforward, affecting style, After the End of History offers us a new vision for the capabilities and confines of contemporary fiction.
Child Mortality Since The 1960s
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Author : United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Development
language : en
Publisher: New York : United Nations
Release Date : 1992
Child Mortality Since The 1960s written by United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Development and has been published by New York : United Nations this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Medical categories.
The Sixties
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Author : David Farber
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2012-12-01
The Sixties written by David Farber and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-01 with History categories.
This collection of original essays represents some of the most exciting ways in which historians are beginning to paint the 1960s onto the larger canvas of American history. While the first literature about this turbulent period was written largely by participants, many of the contributors to this volume are young scholars who came of age intellectually in the 1970s and 1980s and thus write from fresh perspectives. The essayists ask fundamental questions about how much America really changed in the 1960s and why certain changes took place. In separate chapters, they explore how the great issues of the decade — the war in Vietnam, race relations, youth culture, the status of women, the public role of private enterprise — were shaped by evolutions in the nature of cultural authority and political legitimacy. They argue that the whirlwind of events and problems we call the Sixties can only be understood in the context of the larger history of post–World War II America. Contents “Growth Liberalism in the Sixties: Great Societies at Home and Grand Designs Abroad,” by Robert M. Collins “The American State and the Vietnam War: A Genealogy of Power,” by Mary Sheila McMahon “And That’s the Way It Was: The Vietnam War on the Network Nightly News,” by Chester J. Pach, Jr. “Race, Ethnicity, and the Evolution of Political Legitimacy,” by David R. Colburn and George E. Pozzetta “Nothing Distant about It: Women’s Liberation and Sixties Radicalism,” by Alice Echols “The New American Revolution: The Movement and Business,” by Terry H. Anderson “Who'll Stop the Rain?: Youth Culture, Rock 'n' Roll, and Social Crises,” by George Lipsitz “Sexual Revolution(s),” by Beth Bailey “The Politics of Civility,” by Kenneth Cmiel “The Silent Majority and Talk about Revolution,” by David Farber
Radical Conservatism
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Author : Robert Brent Toplin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Radical Conservatism written by Robert Brent Toplin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Current Events categories.
An unflinching look at the origins, philosophy, meanings, and impact of the radical form of conservatism that currently dominates American politics. Analyzing the literature (books, magazines, newspapers) and broadcast sources that define and promote conservatism, Toplin leads the reader on a provocative tour of the conservative mind as viewed by a liberal tour guide.