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Reference Books on The Sixties

The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool by Chris Strodder; Michelle Phillips (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781595809865
Publication Date: 2007-03-01
A celebration of the 1960s, this encyclopedia profiles the 250 most interesting personalities who significantly changed popular culture, including musicians, actors, directors, artists, athletes, politicians, writers, and astronauts.
Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and Rebellions in American History by Steven L. Danver (Editor)
ISBN: 9781598842227
Publication Date: 2010-12-17
Contains essays that describe the causes, course, and consequences of twenty revolts, protests, demonstrations, and rebellions in American history.
The 1960's Counterculture in America by Neil A. Hamilton
Call Number: E169.02 .H3515 1997
ISBN: 9780874368581
Publication Date: 1997-11-01
Broadly defining the counterculture as any cultural or political challenge to mainstream values and practices of the day, Hamilton traces the counterculture's spread across America, far beyond its San Francisco Bay Area origins. He also examines the sweeping changes in the period's music, art, clothing, language, and personal practices.

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