New York Times The Times of the Sixties: The Culture, Politics, and Personalities that Shaped the Decade

New York Times The Times of the Sixties: The Culture, Politics, and Personalities that Shaped the Decade

New York Times The Times of the Sixties: The Culture, Politics, and Personalities that Shaped the Decade

New York Times The Times of the Sixties: The Culture, Politics, and Personalities that Shaped the Decade

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Overview

There is no better record of events than The New York Times, and The Times of the Sixties captures the history, culture, and personalities of the 1960s through 400 articles and original commentary with contemporary photos throughout.

The Times of the Sixties represents one of the most fascinating, extensive, and well-rounded portraits of one of a tumultuous decades. More than 400 articles culled from the archives of The New York Times and curated by staff writer John Rockwell are gathered here, complete with compelling photographs from staff photographers and more.

Read original, contemporary coverage of:

  • The Cuban missile crisis
  • Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech and key moments in civil rights
  • The assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert Kennedy
  • The Moon landing
  • The Women's movement
  • Popular music highlights like the Beatles' British Invasion and groundbreaking artists like The Supremes
  • Movie and celebrity coverage like reviews of Psycho, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and The Graduate, and
  • Plus articles on pivotal figures like Mao, Che Guevara, Muhammad Ali, Marilyn Monroe, and Betty Friedan
And so much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781579129644
Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date: 06/03/2014
Pages: 336
Product dimensions: 9.60(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

The New York Times is regarded as the world's preeminent newspaper. Its news coverage is known for its exceptional depth and breadth, with reporting bureaus throughout the United States and in twenty-six foreign countries. Winner of 112 Pulitzer Prizes, the Times has the largest circulation of any seven-day newspaper in the U.S.

John Rockwell is a journalist, arts critic, and editor. He was raised in San Francisco and spent the 1960's as a graduate student in Berkeley. In 1972 he began writing at The New York Times as a classical music critic and reporter until 1991, as the paper's chief pop music critic during the 1970's, and from 1992 to 1994 as the paper's first European cultural correspondent. From 1994 to 1998 he served as the first director of the Lincoln Center Festival. He returned to the New York Times to become the editor of the paper's Sunday Arts and Leisure section. In 2004 he was named the chief dance critic, and retired at the end of 2006. He has published four books, on American music, Frank Sinatra, and Lars von Trier as well as a journalistic compilation.
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