1968: The Year That Rocked the World

Informationen zum Autor Mark Kurlansky is author of Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (winner of the Glenfidish's Best Food Book Award), The Basque History of the World, Salt: A World History and a short story collection The White Man in the Tree (all published by Cape and Vintage). He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter. Klappentext Mark Kurlansky is author of Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (winner of the Glenfidish's Best Food Book Award)! The Basque History of the World! Salt: A World History and a short story collection The White Man in the Tree (all published by Cape and Vintage). He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter. Zusammenfassung The year 1968 encompasses the diverse realms of youth and music, politics and war, economics and the media. It was the year of sex and drugs and rock and roll. It was also the year of the Martin Luther King's assassination, and the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union. This book shows us how one volatile year helped shape us into who we are.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Kurlansky, Kurlansky Mark
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.02.2005
• EAN: 9780099429623
• ISBN: 978-0-09-942962-3
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 29 mm
• Series: Vintage Paperbacks; Vintage Paperbacks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; 1968, Achtundsechziger, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, c 1960 to c 1970, Social and cultural history, c 1960 to c 1969