03620cam a2200349 4500 526536614 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780470730270 0470730277 B00DNKYNM0 Amazon 23059f59-fc52-4e55-8c7f-67c439c7c0e5 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 246841 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Kaplan, Fred. 1959 [Libby eBook] : The Year Everything Changed. Wiley, 2009. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1111kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p><b>Acclaimed national security columnist and noted cultural critic Fred Kaplan looks past the 1960s to the year that <i>really</i> changed America</b><br /></p> <p><br /> While conventional accounts focus on the sixties as the era of pivotal change that swept the nation, Fred Kaplan argues that it was 1959 that ushered in the wave of tremendous cultural, political, and scientific shifts that would play out in the decades that followed. Pop culture exploded in upheaval with the rise of artists like Jasper Johns, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, and Miles Davis. Court rulings unshackled previously banned books. Political power broadened with the onset of Civil Rights laws and protests. The sexual and feminist revolutions took their first steps with the birth control pill. America entered the war in Vietnam, and a new style in superpower diplomacy took hold. The invention of the microchip and the Space Race put a new twist on the frontier myth.<br /> <br /></p> <ul> <li style="list-style: none"><br /> <br /></li> <li>Vividly chronicles 1959 as a vital, overlooked year that set the world as we know it in motion, spearheading immense political, scientific, and cultural change<br /> <br /></li> <li>Strong critical acclaim: "Energetic and engaging" (<i>Washington Post</i>); "Immensely enjoyable . . . a first-rate book" (<i>New Yorker</i>); "Lively and filled with often funny anecdotes" (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>)<br /> <br /></li> <li>Draws fascinating parallels between the country in 1959 and today<br /> <br /></li> </ul><br /> <p><br /> Drawing fascinating parallels between the country in 1959 and today, Kaplan offers a smart, cogent, and deeply researched take on a vital, overlooked period in American history.<br /></p> <p><i>The EPUB format of this title may not be compatible for use on all handheld devices.</i></p>. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0128-1/230/59F/59/1959TheYearEverythingChanged9780470730270.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=23059F59-FC52-4E55-8C7F-67C439C7C0E5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0128-1/230/59F/59/1959TheYearEverythingChanged9780470730270.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=23059F59-FC52-4E55-8C7F-67C439C7C0E5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0128-1/230/59F/59/1959TheYearEverythingChanged9780470730270.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=23059F59-FC52-4E55-8C7F-67C439C7C0E5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)