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Illustrated throughout with photographs, ephemera, advertising material etc., this book takes a nostalgic look at the magic moments and turbulent times of the 50s and 60s in the UK — with reminiscences from celebrated figures of the day. Covers life, leisure, music, drugs, the media, style etc., etc. Great for spicing up a project on either decade.Level: C+/Library/Depot
A great source book for the English teacher — a great book to dip into and find material about: the Cold War, JFK, Vietnam and Protests, Black Power, Pop Culture; Hippies, Feminists, Sex – Drugs and Rock 'n' roll etc. This book brings the decade back to life, from the assassinations of the Kennedy brothers and Martin Luther King to the moon landings and beyond. It is a highly accessible overview, capturing the people, the politics, and the energy of the '60s: Hell, no, we won't go; Tune in, turn on, drop out — as well as memorable TV shows, unforgettable political movements, and 0764584146trivia.This book shows how many of today's debates — on race, the family, the media, religion, feminism, welfare, drug use, the military, music, and art — actually began in the 1960s.Examples of Contents: 1: The Times They Are A—Changin' — 2: Enter JFK: A New Era — 3: LBJ and the Great Society — 4: Richard Nixon: Cold War Warrior — 6: Sitting, Riding, and Marching for Freedom — 7: Embracing Black Power — 9: Speaking Out against the War — 12: I Am Woman: From the Frying Pan into the Fire — 14: Far Out: The Counterculture — 15: A Long, Strange Trip: Music in the 1960s — 16: Exploring Pop Culture.Level: B/Library/Depot
The Beat Generation were a revolutionary group of poets, drifters, musicians, and visionaries whose gritty spontaneous prose explored alienation, repression, and what it meant to be a member of the human race in post-WWII American society. Through the iconic personalities of Ginsberg, Kerouac, Corso, and Burroughs, along with women writers, musicians, and artists, this book charts the true significance of the group, revealing how their fresh approach to literature and a bohemian lifestyle created one of the most exciting and important movements in American literature. Half a century after the publication of On the Road, the movement continues to attract new readers. Author: Christopher GairLevel: Library/Depot/SRP
Contents: 1. Challenging America: Reinventing the arts in the 1940s; 2. The birth of Beat; 3. Beat and the San Francisco renaissance; 4. Jack Kerouac: ‘King of the Beasts’; 5. Other voices; Conclusion: Legacy of the Beat Generation; Bibliography; Index.
A fantastic value set of eight documentaries looking at British life from the Victorian era through to the swinging '60s:
1) Victorian Britain (the age of industrial expansion and empire)2) Music Hall Days (the great performers from the Music Halls and beyond, including “the songs that won the war”)3) East End Through the Ages (the history of the East End from the turn of the 19th century)4) Britain in the 1940s (the fortitude of the British people during and after the war)5) Britain in the 1950s (how Britons dressed, laughed, holidayed etc.)6) Britain in the 1960s (Britain in the Swinging Sixties)7) Classic Love Stories of the 20th Century8) Story of the Royal Family (from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II).
This impressive book was published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the start of the Cold War. It is a graphic account of this long-running global drama, which encompassed moments of high tension, such as the Berlin Crisis of 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and the nuclear alerts of 1973 and 1983. At times the world stood on the brink of nuclear Armageddon, but these dangerous moments all ended with both sides drawing back, until the long confrontation ended peacefully. Written by a leading American defence analyst, Dr Norman Friedman, and including a DVD of several classic US public information films from the era, The Cold War Experience contains 30 facsimile items of memorabilia (where necessary translated into English at the end of the book) in special pockets. Re-live history by examining maps, diaries, letters and other items which, up till now, have remained filed or exhibited in the Imperial War Museum and other museum collections in Northern Europe and America.Contents: Introduction; A Failed Peace; The Iron Curtain; The Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO; The Berlin Airlift; China and De-Colonization; McCarthyism; Korea: The Cold War Becomes a Military Struggle; Why The War Never Became Hot: The Bomb; Explosions in Europe: Poland & the GDR Uprising; Explosions in Europe: The Hungarian Uprising; Secret Services: East; Secret Services: West; Missiles, Sputnik, and the H-Bomb; Cuba: Bay of Pigs; The Berlin Wall; Cuban Missile Crisis; Vietnam; The Prague Spring; Detente: The Peak of Soviet Power; Afghanistan; Dissidents; Poland; President Reagan's Offensive; Living with the Bomb; Gorbachev: A Man to Do Business With; The Wall Comes Down; Revolutions in Eastern Europe; Fall of the Soviet Union; Index/memorabilia translations.A magnificent large-format boxed hardback.Level: Gymnasiet etc./A teacher's resource for use in projects on the The Cold War, for instance co-operation with History–Danish–Russian/Library/Depot
Journalist Hunter S Thompson's classic journey into the degenerate heart of the American Dream. He enters Las Vegas armed with a veritable arsenal of mind-changing chemicals. His drug-enhanced confrontations with casino operators, bartenders, police officers and assorted representatives of the Silent Majority have a hallucinatory humour and nightmare terror that your students may well think are “classic”. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman. (202 pages) Appendices (26 pages): About the Author; About the Book; Read On.Level: A/B
The Hippie Dictionary isn't just about sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. The 60s and 70s were also the early years of pro-ecology and anti-capitalist beliefs and much more. In the alphabetical section (584 pages) you will find entries on the people, organizations, ideas, beliefs and language of the period. Look up Age of Aquarius, César Chávez, Black Power Movement, Timothy Leary, Acid Flashback, Get a Grip, Are You for Real? and many more. There are also several thematic sections, such as Anti-War Events/Groups/Leaders, Women's Movement Events/Groups/Leaders, Communes of the Era, Gurus of the Era etc. Author: John McCleary. (704 pages)Level: Library/Depot/Gymnasium/SRP/SSO
Three documentaries about America's foremost political family. The films are:
JFK: The Presidential Years 57 minutesRobert F. Kennedy: Legacy 50 minutesEdward M. Kennedy: Lion of the Senate 65 minutes
Contents: Highlights of major speeches, debates, campaign appearances.
Oscar-moninated documentary about Pentagon insider and leading Vietnam War strategist Daniel Ellsberg, who came to the conclusion in 1971 that the war was based on decades of lies by no fewer than five US presidents. Dubbed ‘the most dangerous man in America’ by Henry Kissinger, Ellsberg decided to leak some 7,000 pages of top-secret documents to The New York Times — an act of conscience that led directly to Watergate, President Nixon's resignation and the end of the Vietnam War. A critical episode of the period — and one with parallels to today.
In the hopeful 1950s, Frank and April Wheeler appear to be a model couple: bright, beautiful, talented, with two young children and a starter home in the suburbs. Their empty suburban life is held together by the dream that greatness is only just round the corner. Perhaps they married too young and started a family too early. Maybe Frank's job is dull and April never really saw herself as a housewife. With heartbreaking compassion and clarity, Richard Yates shows how Frank and April mortgage their hopes and ideals, betraying in the end not only each other, but their own best selves. One of the classics of American realist fiction from 1961 and a great picture of the American Dream gone bad. (463 pages)Level: A (eventuelt i uddrag)
A Reference Guide to the 50 Songs That Changed the 20th Century:Protest songs are united by the fact they all have something to say, something to dispute, or something to rile against. Here, 50 of the most influential musical protests and statements are covered, providing pop-culture viewpoints on some of the most tumultuous times in modern history. Among the songs featured are: songs about the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement, as well as teenage rebellion, animal rights, criticisms of mass media, and even protest songs that attack other protest songs. Chronologically arranged entries cover nearly 70 years of music and a wide range of genres, including rock, punk, pop, soul, hip-hop, country, folk, indie, heavy metal.Each entry discusses the songwriter(s); the inspiration behind the song; and the social, cultural, and political contrext in which the song was released. Author: Hardeep Phull. Hardback. (335 pages)Level: Gymnasiet etc.
Jim Bloggs and Hilda are a simple, innocent old married couple with a resolute faith in "the powers that be". This misplaced trust remains unshaken even after these same powers have involved them in a cataclysmic nuclear war. They remain determined to do everything the government tells them, following the contradictory and useless advice in their 'Protect And Survive' leaflets to the letter. The instructions they follow are based on real leaflets distributed to the British public in the early 1980s. The couple haplessly attempt to construct a shelter made of cushions and doors placed "at 60 degrees to a wall" and gather together emergency supplies consisting of ginger nuts, a Christmas pud, and a tin of pineapple chunks. "It'll take more than a few bombs to bring me down," says Hilda and the two go about their preparations with determined good humour, even managing to remain stoical after the bombs have gone off and the fallout starts to kill them. Their touching affection and optimism, combined with their failures to understand the horror of their situation produce a rare grim and satirical humour and a monument to human values in the face of inhumanity. The film is available on DVD (see below). (27.8 standard pages)Level: C+