1960

The early 1960’s to mid 1970s was the start of the counterculture of youth culture. There were many revolutions during the 1960’s surrounding around sexual, cultural and racial, civil rights, and educational issues. In addition to the revolutions, there also was centered around the transition to adulthood, anxiety, and consumption. The film, American Graffiti, which was set in the 1962 (1960s)–before the peak of 1960’s counterculture–and released in 1973 (1970’s) displays a more nostalgic environment

The 1960s saw great change occur on a global scale in response to controversial social, political and environmental issues. A surge in youth culture – those of the “baby boom” post WWII – brought about newfound enthusiasm to address these issues, with many young people forming protest groups and embracing artistic outlets. The division between high and low art was being torn apart by artists who sought different ways to address urgent issues. This desire for immediacy particularly manifested itself

In the book Heinlein followed and influenced some of the 1960’s counterculture. The Hippie movement started in the early sixties and continued in force until roughly 1970 (Hippies and 1960’s counterculture). Hippies rebelled against their parents’ conformity and many ran away from home to experiment with their lives and what they could do. Heinlein wrote Stranger in 1962

Cynicism of the 1970s     A period of social unrest, that led to the rise of the New Left and counterculture, which promoted civilian involvement in democracy, the 1960s represented the dawn of a new nation. However, the America that flourished during the Stormy Sixties, comforted by a slew of federal aid programs and a successful economy, was shocked by the decade that followed. In 1969, millions of Americans watched the greatest technological advancement up until their time from their televisions

The Seismic Sixties The 1960s were an eventful, formal dresswear, and changing time period. The baby boomers were coming to an end, men dressed very formally and women wore dresses. Children were very respectful and normally had complied with their parents wishes. One of the biggest movements in American history hit it's apex in the sixties, the Civil rights movement. Technology had some huge advances in the sixties with the production of cars, computers, and the beginning of the internet. The

of ‘have’ and ‘have not’. These social breakdowns should be viewed as results of economic conditions in the period, political shifts, the development of new standard of popular media and cultural changes. The growing affluence of the 1950s and 1960s set ground for social mobility. The old school class division was blurred out with the increasing availability of

Introduction: Gloria Marie Steinem born on 25th Marc,1934 in Toledo ,Ohio ,USA. She is an American feminist, journalist and social and political activist. In the late 1960s and 1970sshe became media spokesperson for the Women’s Liberation Movement. She works as a writer and journalist for Ms. and New York magazines. She earned national fame as a feminist leader after publishing an article “After Black Power, Women’s Liberation” in New York magazine,1969. In 2005,she worked along with Jane Fonda and

adults. Because many Americans were members of the different movements in the counterculture, the counterculture influenced American society as a whole. As a result of the achievements the counterculture movements had made, the United States in the 1960s became a more open, more tolerant, and a more freer country. In 1969, close to half a million self-described hippies,peace makers, and Aquarians made an expedition from mainly San Francisco to Woodstock in upstate New York. The Woodstock Music and

Swinging Sixties The 1960’s in America was a time of pop culture, scholarship, and reform. With half of the population being under the age of 18, it created a large change in the culture. A fresh and youthful president at the start of the decade also gave America the glimpse of hope that it needed for its future and support through the ongoing Vietnam War. Meanwhile, the Civil Rights Movement was just heating up, and old social norms were relaxed while new reforms were pushed. The Swinging 60’s was

choose to perceive technology, it’s undoubtedly had an unquantifiable impact on every aspect of our lives. Of these facets of life, the world of politics, specifically, has been flipped upside down, arguably, for the better. Beginning on September 25, 1960, the world of politics would be shaken up (and continue to be from this point forward) by technological advances. On this day in history,