This is who we were : in the 1960s.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
[1st ed.].
Published/​Created
  • Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2013]
  • ©2013
Description
x, 607 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 29 cm

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Summary note
Takes a look at the decade in America when demonstrations were commonplace and traditional values were questioned and presents American history through the eyes and ears of everyday Americans. Representing all classes, dozens of occupations, and all regions of the country, this book includes 30 profiles of individuals and families--their life at home, on the job, and in their neighborhood--with lots of photos and historical images of the time, including the African American in Washington, D.C. who taught himself how to win a gold medal for weight lifting in the 1960s Olympics, to the Nashville country music record producer who signed Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, and Chet Atkins.
Notes
  • "Based on material from Grey House Publishing's Working American Series by Scott Derks."
  • "Our jobs -- Our clothes -- Our leisure -- Our day to day -- What we paid for rent & food -- What we read -- What we watched -- What we ate -- How we travelled -- Plus: U.S. Census comparisons & rankings and state-by-state census data"--Cover.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 593-598) and index.
Contents
  • Profiles
  • Historical snapshots
  • Economy of the times
  • All around us : what we saw, wrote, read & listened to
  • Census data.
ISBN
  • 9781619252486 ((hardcover))
  • 1619252481 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2014453067
OCLC
859675328
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