The Great Funk: Falling Apart and Coming Together (on a Shag Rug) in the Seventies
by Thomas Hine
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In the sixties, as the nation anticipated the conquest of space, the defeat of poverty, and an end to injustice at home and abroad, no goal seemed beyond America's reach. Then the seventies arrived--bringing oil shocks and gas lines, the disgrace and resignation of a president, defeat in Vietnam, terrorism at the 1972 Munich Olympics, urban squalor, bizarre crimes, high prices, and a bad economy. But when things fall apart, you can take the fragments and make something fresh. Avocado show more kitchens and Earth Shoes may have been ugly, but they signaled new modes of seeing and being. The first generation to see Earth from space found ways to make life's everyday routines meaningful, both personally and globally. And many decided to reinvent themselves. More than a lavish catalogue of seventies culture, this is a smart, lively look at the "Me decade" through the eyes of America's sharpest design critic.--From publisher description. show lessTags
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Thomas Hine, the author of four previous books, is a writer on culture, history, and design. He is a columnist for Philadelphia Magazine and a contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, Martha Stewart Living, Architectural Record, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other publications. He lives in Philadelphia
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- 2007
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- Nonfiction, History, Art & Design, General Nonfiction
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- 973.924 — History & geography History of North America United States 1901- Cold War, Vietnam War, Digital Age (1953-2001) Richard Nixon (1969-1974) Watergate Scandal, U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam
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- NX504 .H56 — Fine Arts Arts in general Arts in general History of the arts
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