American Culture in the 1960s

by Sharon Monteith and Martin Halliwell

This book charts the changing complexion of American culture in one of the most culturally vibrant of twentieth-century decades. It provides a vivid account of the major cultural forms of 1960s America - music and performance; film and television; fiction and poetry; art and photography - as well as influential texts, trends and figures of the decade: from Norman Mailer to Susan Sontag; from Muhammad Ali's anti-war protests to Tom Lehrer's stand-up...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074861947X
• ISBN13: 9780748619474
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"