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The Sixties Unplugged. A Kaleidoscopic History of a Disorderly Decade

Categorie	Algemeen Geschiedenis
Boeknummer	#253284
Titel	The Sixties Unplugged. A Kaleidoscopic History of a Disorderly Decade
Auteur	DeGroot, Gerard
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Pan Books
Jaar van uitgave	2009
ISBN10	0330441728
ISBN13	9780330441728
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	The 1960s is a decade often seen through a rose-tinted lens: an era when the young would not only rule the world but change it, too, for the better. But does such fond nostalgia really stand up? Vivid, rich in anecdote, sometimes angry and always persuasive, The Sixties Unplugged is a hugely entertaining and authoritative account of the decade of myth and madness. Read it and remember that even if you weren't there, you can still find out what really happened. 'A fabulous history of the decade that lacks the usual nostalgia. Gerard DeGroot explores the period with all its horrors from the Chinese Cultural Revolution to the failure of the super powers in the Six-Day War. He does catalogue the free love and flower power festivals but in sharp contrast to the ethnic cleansing in Jakarta an... (Lees verder)d the real threat of nuclear war. This is a really important book to put perspective on such a formative decade and remove some of the romance.' The Bookseller
Pagina's	508
Conditie	Goed
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