Stayin' Alive

Stayin' Alive
Author :
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages : 426
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781459604230
ISBN-13 : 1459604237
Rating : 4/5 (237 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Stayin' Alive by : Jefferson R. Cowie

Download or read book Stayin' Alive written by Jefferson R. Cowie and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic account of how working-class America hit the rocks in the political and economic upheavals of the '70s, Stayin' Alive is a wide-ranging cultural and political history that presents the decade in a whole new light. Jefferson Cowie's edgy and incisive book - part political intrigue, part labor history, with large doses of American music, film, and TV lore - makes new sense of the '70s as a crucial and poorly understood transition from the optimism of New Deal America to the widening economic inequalities and dampened expectations of the present. Stayin' Alive takes us from the factory floors of Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Detroit to the Washington of Nixon, Ford, and Carter. Cowie connects politics to culture, showing how the big screen and the jukebox can help us understand how America turned away from the radicalism of the '60s and toward the patriotic promise of Ronald Reagan. He also makes unexpected connections between the secrets of the Nixon White House and the failings of the George McGovern campaign, between radicalism and the blue-collar backlash, and between the earthy twang of Merle Haggard's country music and the falsetto highs of Saturday Night Fever. Cowie captures nothing less than the defining characteristics of a new era. Stayin' Alive is a book that will forever define a misunderstood decade.


Stayin' Alive Related Books

Stayin' Alive
Language: en
Pages: 426
Authors: Jefferson R. Cowie
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03 - Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

GET EBOOK

An epic account of how working-class America hit the rocks in the political and economic upheavals of the '70s, Stayin' Alive is a wide-ranging cultural and pol
Staying Alive
Language: en
Pages: 265
Authors: Vandana Shiva
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-01 - Publisher: North Atlantic Books

GET EBOOK

Inspired by women’s struggles for the protection of nature as a condition for human survival, award-winning environmentalist Vandana Shiva shows how ecologica
Staying Alive
Language: en
Pages: 500
Authors: Neil Astley
Categories: Poetry
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Miramax

GET EBOOK

A phenomenon in Britain, this passionate collection of 500 contemporary poems has tremendous appeal for poetry lovers and novices alike.
Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Bruce Tremper
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: The Mountaineers Books

GET EBOOK

Winter recreation in the mountains has increased steadily over the past few years, and so has the number of deaths and injuries caused by avalanches. Staying Al
Staying Alive
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: Marya Schechtman
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-03-14 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

GET EBOOK

Judgments of personal identity stand at the heart of our daily transactions. Family life, friendships, institutions of justice, and systems of compensation all