Time of Transition: The 70s (Our American Century) - Hardcover

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PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON EXTRICATED AMERICA FROM VIETNAM AND SCORED OTHER TRIUMPHS, BUT HIS ACHIEVEMENTS WERE OVERSHADOWED BY THE WEB OF LIE AND FELONIES KNOWN AS WATERGATE. IN THE END HE RESIGNED TO THE COLLECTIVE SIGH OF A WEARY COUNTRY. TIME OF TRANSITION CAPTURES IT ALL, FROM VIETNAM TO WATERGATE TO THE STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS. FACING NEW TYPES OF PROBLEMS-GASOLINE SHORTAGES, AND AIRLINE HIJACKING-AMERICANS TURNED INWARD, FOCUSING ON THE BETTERMENT OF THEIR BODIES AND SOULS. IF THEY COULDN'T CHANGE THE WORLD, THEY MIGHT PERHAPS AT LAST CHANGE THEMSELVES-BY EATING HEALTH FOOD, JOINING ENCOUNTER GROUPS, LOSING THEMSELVES IN TRANSCEDENTAL MEDITATION. THEY WOBBLED IN PLATFORM SHOES. THEY STRUTTED IN POLYESTER LEISURE SUITS AND GROOVED TO THE DISCO BEAT. THEY BOUGHT PET ROCKS, POP ROCKS, MOOD RINGS, AND SMILEY FACES. THEY MARVELED AT OTHE DIVERSIONS, TOO, LIKE THE HAMILL CAMEL AND THE RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE. AND JUST AS THE FRAGILITY OF EARTH WAS BECOMING PAINFULLY CLEAR, THEY SAW THE FIRST PICTURES OF MARS, AND MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU ECHOED FROM A GALAXY FAR, FAR, AWAY. THE EDITORS OF TIME-LIFE BOOKS HAVE SPARED NO EXPENSE TO MAKE TIME OF TRANSITION A VISUAL TREASURE CHEST OF THE DECADE, CHOOSING THE BEST FROM THE ARCHIVES OF TIME AND LIFE AND CONSULTING COLLECTORS, LIBRARIES, AND MUSEUMS. THE RESULT IS THE ULTIMATE CHRONICLE OF THAT MOST ENIGMATIC OF DECADES, THE 70'S.

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