| Gates of Eden: American Culture in the Sixties Contributor(s): Dickstein, Morris (Author) |
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ISBN: 087140432X ISBN-13: 9780871404329 Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 973.9 |
| LCCN: 2014042737 |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6.96" W x 8.02" (0.57 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The turbulent 1960s, almost from its outset, produced a dizzying display of cultural images and ideas that were as colorful as the psychedelic T-shirts that became part of its iconography. It was not, however, until Morris Dickstein's landmark Gates of Eden, first published in 1977, that we could fully grasp the impact of this raucous decade in American history as a momentous cultural epoch in its own right, as much as Jazz Age America or Weimar Germany. From Ginsberg and Dylan to Vonnegut and Heller, this lasting work brilliantly re-creates not only the intellectual and political ferment of the decade but also its disillusionment. What results is an inestimable contribution to our understanding of twentieth-century American culture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dickstein, Morris: - Morris Dickstein is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Theatre at the CUNY Graduate Center and the author of Dancing in the Dark, an award-winning cultural history of the Great Depression, and Why Not Say What Happened, a memoir. He lives in New York City |