Today we will discuss sort of an overview of america in the 1970s. Remember in the beginning we talked about it was a time for historians to understand what the year is about, 25 years of perspective at least. For a while the 1970s were seen as a bit of a joke of a decade, right, bellbottoms, disco, bad hair. In recent years, and historians have seen the 1970s as very important. In some ways, more important than the 60s, which has gotten a lot of attention. One of the themes that historians talk about is calling this era the age of limit. We will get to a little bit of how that means. We will also talk about the question mark. Was it really an age of women . Age of limits . We will discuss the import of the deck paid and the influence it had not just on the 80s, but really down to our time today. Recapping what we talked about earlier, we see in the 1970s a pretty profound loss of faith in american institutions, driven by nixons red dictation red just ridges nation resignation driven b
This class is about one hour 15 minutes. Prof. Cannato bellbottoms, disco, bad hair. In recent years, and historians have seen the 1970s as very important. In some ways, more important than the 60s, which has gotten a lot of attention. Is callingthemes this era the age of limit. We will get to a little bit of how that means. We will also talk about the question mark. Was it really an age of women . We will discuss the decade and the influence it had not just on the 80s, but really down to our time today. Recapping what we talked about earlier, we see in the 1970s a faith profound losss of in the institutions, driven by watergate in 74, the final end of the vietnam war in 1975, you see the iconic photo of the helicopter atop the u. S. Embassy taking up the last of the vietnamese, soontobe refugees, out of the country. The loss of the war was devastating in many ways for the u. S. It really showed on of the worlds superpower had a big achilles heel. It had a profound effect on the milita
New types of music, such as disco. This class is about one hour 15 minutes. We are going to give an overview of america in the 1970s. Remember in the beginning, we talked about how it takes time for historians to understand what an era is about . Maybe 25 years of perspective at least . For a while, they were seen as a bit of a joke of a decade. Bellbottoms, disco, bad hair. In recent years, historians have seen the 1970s as very important. In some ways, more important than the 60s, which has gotten a lot of attention. One of the themes is calling this era the age of limit. We will get to a little bit of what that means. We will also talk about the question mark. Was it really an age of limit . We will discuss the decade and the influence it had not just on the 80s, but really down to our time today. Recapping what we talked about earlier, we see in the 1970s a pretty profound loss of faith in american institutions, driven by nixons resignation over watergate in 1974, the final end of
Now that summer is here, everyone is going to want to get out on the water. There is something about the the warm summer air that seems to trigger my mind to tell I me in need a beer in my hand and my feet in the water.
Now that summer is here, everyone is going to want to get out on the water. There is something about the the warm summer air that seems to trigger my mind to tell I me in need a beer in my hand and my feet in the water.