E-audiobook
1968 the year that rocked the world
Record details
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
remote - Publisher: [Beverly Hills, CA] : Phoenix Books, 2004.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Downloadable audio file; available in WMA or MP3 format. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 16:16:18. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1: The winter of our discontent -- Part 2: Prague spring -- Part 3: The summer Olympics -- Part 4: The fall of Nixon. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Christopher Cazenove. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 233921 KB; MP3 file size: 458402 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Nineteen sixty-eight, A.D History, Modern -- 1945-1989 Radicalism -- History -- 20th century Insurgency -- History -- 20th century Political violence -- History -- 20th century |
| Genre: | DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK. Audiobooks. |
Electronic resources
Summary:
In this highly opinionated and highly readable history, Kurlansky makes a case for why 1968 has lasting relevance in the United States and around the world. Whether you agree or disagree with its points, you'll find it makes for fascinating reading. With this monumental new book, award-winning author Mark Kurlansky has written his most ambitious work to date: a singular and ultimately definitive look at a pivotal moment in history. In many, ways, this momentous year led us to where we are today. Whether through youth and music, politics and war, economics and the media, Mark Kurlansky shows how, in 1968, twelve volatile months transformed who we were as a people. But above all, he gives a new insight into the underlying causes of the unique historical phenomenon that was the year 1968.
