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During the 1976 Bicentennial celebration, millions of Americans engaged with the past in brand-new ways. They became absorbed by historical miniseries like Roots, visited museums with new exhibits that immersed them in the past, propelled works of historical fiction onto the bestseller list, and participated in living history events across the nation. While many of these activities were sparked by the Bicentennial, M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska shows that, in fact, they were symptomatic of a fundamental shift in Americans' relationship to history during the 1960s and 1970s. For the majority of the twentieth century, Americans thought of the past as foundational to, but separate from, the present, and they learned and thought about history in informational terms. But Rymsza-Pawlowska argues that the popular culture of the 1970s reflected an emerging desire to engage and enact the past on a more emotional level: to consider the feelings and motivations of historic individuals and, most importantly, to use this in reevaluating both the past and the present.
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The 1970s : a new global history from civil rights to economic inequality
by Thomas Borstelmann
The 1970s looks at an iconic decade when the cultural left and economic right came to the fore in American society and the world at large. While many have seen the 1970s as simply a period of failures epitomized by Watergate, inflation, the oil crisis, global unrest, and disillusionment with military efforts in Vietnam, Thomas Borstelmann creates a new framework for understanding the period and its legacy. He demonstrates how the 1970s increased social inclusiveness and, at the same time, encouraged commitments to the free market and wariness of government. As a result, American culture and much of the rest of the world became more--and less--equal.
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The fall of Richard Nixon : a reporter remembers Watergate
by Tom Brokaw
"The Presidential Medal of Freedom-winning former NBC host and author of the best-selling ""The Greatest Generation"" draws on his experiences as a young White House correspondent to recount the endgames of the Watergate scandal and the Nixon presidency."
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1973 : rock at the crossroads
by Andrew Grant Jackson
A fascinating account of the music and epic social change of 1973, the year rock hit its peak while splintering—just like the rest of the world. Illustrations.
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67 shots : Kent State and the end of American innocence
by Howard B Means
Drawing on the university's recently available oral history collection, an examination into the Kent State shooting on May 4, 1970, where Ohio National Guardsmen launched a 13-second, 67-shot barrage on a student protest, shows how the shootings still reverberate in our national life. 20,000 first printing.
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