1959 : : the Year Everything Changed

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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.

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PUBLISHED
Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley & Sons, c2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: xiii, 322 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780470387818
0470387815

SUBJECTS
History, Modern -- 1945-1989.
Civilization, Modern -- 1950-