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1959 : the year everything changed /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaplan, Fred M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2009]
Subjects:
History, Modern > 1945-1989.
Civilization, Modern > 1950-
Table of Contents:
  • Breaking the chains
  • A visitor from the East
  • The philosopher of hip
  • Generations howling
  • The cosmonaut of inner space
  • The end of obscenity
  • Sickniks
  • Thinking about the unthinkable
  • The race for space
  • Toppling the tyranny of numbers
  • The assault on the chord
  • Revolutionary euphoria
  • Breaking the logjam, hitting the wall
  • The frontier's dark side
  • The new language of diplomacy
  • Sparking the powder keg
  • Civilization in the stars
  • A great upward swoop of movement
  • Blurring art and life
  • Seeing the invisible
  • The off-Hollywood movie
  • The shape of jazz to come
  • Dancing in the streets
  • Andromeda freed from her chains
  • New frontiers.