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Turning Points - Actual and Alternate Histories: America in Revolt during the 1960s and 1970s

By Rodney P. Carlisle , J. Geoffrey Golson

Book information

Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Year
2007
ISBN
1851098836, 9781851098835
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3312728 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
258\279
Scanned
no
Time added
2015-04-06 23:57:37

Description

This volume in the Turning Points—Actual and Alternative Histories series looks at a tumultuous recent era in American history, a time when pivotal, often tragic, world-changing events seemed to be happening at an alarming rate.America in Revolt during the 1960s and 1970s looks at 12 significant events, from the assassination of John F. Kennedy to the passage of the Civil Rights Act, from the student killings at Kent State to Richard Nixon's resignation. Drawing on the concepts of alternative history, the book portrays each event as it happened, then considers some plausible alternative scenarios of how history would have been different if these events had not occurred. It is a uniquely thought provoking way of exploring an explosive era, whose aftershocks continue to shape the American experience today.

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