Encompassing the diverse realms of youth and music, politics and war, economics and the media, 1968 shows how twelve volatile months transformed who we were as a people-and led us to where we are today.
In this monumental book, Mark Kurlansky brings to teeming life the cultural and political history of that pivotal year, when television’s influence on global events first became apparent, and spontaneous uprisings occurred simultaneously around the world.
Yet it was also the year of the Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy assassinations the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Prague Spring the antiwar movement and the Tet Offensive Black Power the generation gap avant-garde theater the upsurge of the women’s movement and the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union. For the first time, Americans watched that day’s battlethe Vietnam War’s Tet Offensiveon the evening news. It was the year that an amazed world watched the first live telecast from outer space, and that TV news expanded to half an hour. It was the year that an amazed world watched the first live telecast from outer space, and that TV news expanded. Kurlansky shows how the coming of live television made 1968 the first global year. To some, 1968 was the year of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Kurlansky shows how the coming of live television made 1968 the first global year. Selecciona el departamento que quieras buscar. Hola Elige tu dirección Todos los departamentos. “In this highly opinionated and highly readable history, Kurlansky makes a case for why 1968 has lasting relevance in the United States and around the world.”-Dan Rather 1968: The Year That Rocked the World : Kurlansky, Mark: Amazon.es: Libros.
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