Decade of nightmares : the end of the sixties and the making of eighties America / Philip Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenkins, Philip, 1952-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture conflict.

History.

Social problems.

United States--History--1969-.

United States.

United States--History--1961-1969.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

Politics and government.

United States--Social conditions--1945-.

Social conditions.

Social problems--United States--History--20th century.

Culture conflict--United States--History--20th century.

Conservatism--United States--History--20th century.

Conservatism.

Political culture--United States--History--20th century.

Political culture.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

344 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Drawing on a wide array of sources, the author of "Dream Catchers" identifies 1975 to 1986 as the watershed years when Americans rejected the radicalism of the 1960s and adopted a more pessimistic interpretation of human behavior.

Contents:

Mainstreaming the sixties

Going too far : bicentennial America

Against the grain

The politics of children : 1977

Predators

Captive America : 1980

Into the Reagan era

Evil empires

Dark victories

The abuse epidemic

Wars without end.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [292]-332) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0195178661

OCLC:

61204278

Publisher Number:

9780195178661