1968 The Year That Rocked the World~Mark Kurlansky~2004 1st Ed.~HC~DJ

Description: 1968 The Year That Rocked the World~Mark Kurlansky~2004 1st Ed.~Hardcover~Dust-jacket~Former Library Book. Book is in very good condition, no torn or creased pages, and no writing. Hardcover is in excellent condition, the dust-jacket is the only indicator that it is a former library book. The adhesive stickers/labels are on the dust-jacket. With 1968, Mark Kurlansky brings to teeming life the cultural and political history of that world-changing year of social upheaval. People think of it as the year of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Yet it was also the year of the Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy assassinations; the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; Prague Spring; the antiwar movement and the Tet Offensive; Black Power; the generation gap, avant-garde theater, the birth of the women’s movement, and the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union. From New York, Miami, Berkeley, and Chicago to Paris, Prague, Rome, Berlin, Warsaw, Tokyo, and Mexico City, spontaneous uprisings occurred simultaneously around the globe. Book measures approx. 9.50" x 6.5" x 1.5" and contains 441 pages. It has been packed away for many years, stored in a climate controlled and smoke free storage room. Please view all photos and enlarge photos for additional details. Thank you!

Price: 17.4 USD

Location: Boerne, Texas

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