The 1970s

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"The 1970s looks at an iconic decade when the cultural left and economic right came to the fore in American society and the world at large. While many have seen the 1970s as simply a period of failures epitomized by Watergate, inflation, the oil crisis, global unrest, and disillusionment with military efforts in Vietnam, Thomas Borstelmann creates a new framework for understanding the period and its legacy. He demonstrates how the 1970s increased social inclusiveness and, at the same time, encouraged commitments to the free market and wariness of government. As a result, American culture and much of the rest of the world became more--and less--equal."--Book jacket flap.

subjects: Politics and government,  Commerce,  Equality,  Economic conditions,  Social conditions,  Nineteen seventies,  Foreign relations,  History,  United states, history, 1969-,  United states, social conditions,  United states, politics and government, 20th century,  United states, economic conditions, 1971-1981,  United states, foreign relations, 1945-1989,  United states, commerce,  United states, social conditions, 1960-,  United states, politics and government, 1969-1974,  United states, politics and government, 1974-1977,  United states, politics and government, 1977-1981,  United states, commerce, history

Places: United States

Times: 1974-1977,  1971-1981,  20th century,  1969-,  1945-1989,  1969-1974,  1960-1980,  1977-1981