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Time of Transition : The 70's

Additional authors: Time-Life Books.
Series: Our American century Published by : Time-Life Books, (Alexandria, Va. :) Physical details: 192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. ISBN:0783555075. Year: 1998
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900 - 999 973.924 Tim (Browse shelf) Available 76361

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188) and index.

Troubled times : 1970-1979 --
Shapers of the cultural landscape : eight who defined the 70s --
Our long national nightmare : the fall of Richard Nixon --
The bloody end of a bitter war : America escapes Vietnam --
Fame, fads, and folly : looking good and having fun --
Women on the move : the feminist revolution --
Mainstream music runs wild : the splintered sound of the 70s --
Dark side of the decade : a litany of woe --
America turns inward : the Me decade --
Celebration of superstardom : a decade of memorable moments --
TV's uneven revolution : realism versus "jiggle" --
The decade of the director : "A gold age of filmmaking."

Chronicles several major events including the end of the Vietnam war, Watergate, Roe v. Wade, Disco, and much more.

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