Encyclopedia of the Sixties: A Decade of Culture and Counterculture
- ISBN-10
- 0313329443
- ISBN-13
- 9780313329449
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 871
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-12
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Authors
- Abbe A. Debolt, James S. Baugess
Description
Comedian Robin Williams said that if you remember the '60s, you weren't there. This encyclopedia documents the people, places, movements, and culture of that memorable decade for those who lived it and those who came after. * Nearly 500 A–Z entries on the political, religious, artistic, and popular topics of the decade * A chronology of significant political and social events * 50 photographs and illustrations * Dozens of expert contributors from a variety of fields and academic disciplines * An extensive annotated bibliography
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