Crossroads - American Popular Culture and the Vietnam Generation

Informationen zum Autor By Mitchell K. Hall Klappentext American popular culture changed dramatically during the Vietnam era--from Leave it To Beaver to All in the Family and from Bobby Darin to Bob Dylan. In Crossroads, historian Mitchell K. Hall explores the popular culture that shaped the baby boomers and the transformation that generation wrought in movies, television, sports, and music. As he traces the evolution of American culture, Hall looks at the ways in which these cultural elements not only underwent radical structural changes but also reflected the upheaval and unrest in Vietnam era America. Zusammenfassung American popular culture changed dramatically during the Vietnam era. This book explores the popular culture that shaped the baby boomers and the transformation that generation wrought in movies! television! sports! and music. It looks at the ways in which these cultural elements reflected the upheaval and unrest in Vietnam era America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Popular Culture Before VietnamChapter 2: Golden Age and Blacklist: 1955-1960 Chapter 3: New Frontiers: 1960-1968 Chapter 4: Booming Business: 1969-1975 Chapter 5: The End of the Tunnel Bibliographic Essay

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Mitchell K Hall, Mitchell K. Hall
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 21.11.2005
• EAN: 9780742544444
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4444-4
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Thèmes: Vietnam: America in the War Years; Vietnam: America in the War Ye; Vietnam: America in the War Years; Vietnam: America in the War Ye
• Catégorie: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Général, dictionnaires