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Historical dictionary of the Kennedy-Johnson era

Title
Historical dictionary of the Kennedy-Johnson era / Richard Dean Burns, Joseph M. Siracusa.
Author
Burns, Richard Dean.
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2007.

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Additional Authors
Siracusa, Joseph M.
Description
xxix, 396 pages; 23 cm
Summary
In the history of the United States, few periods could more justly be regarded as the best and worst of times than the Kennedy-Johnson era. The arrival of John F. Kennedy in the White House in 1961 unleashed an unprecedented wave of hope and optimism in a large segment of the population-a wave that would come crashing down when he was assassinated only a few years later. His successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, enjoyed less popularity, but he was one of the most experienced and skilled presidents the country had ever seen and he promised a Great Society to rival Kennedy's New Frontier. Both presidents were embroiled in foreign policy disasters: Kennedy with the Bay of Pigs fiasco, although he came out ahead on the Cuban missile crisis, and Johnson by the backlash of the Vietnam War. The 1960s witnessed unprecedented progress toward racial and sexual equality, but it also played host to race and urban riots. And while impressive advances in the sciences and arts fueled the American imagination, the counterculture rejected it all. Historical Dictionary of the Kennedy-Johnson Era relates these events and provides extensive political, economic, and social background on this era through a detailed chronology an introduction, appendixes, a bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on important people, events, institutions, policies, and issues. - Publisher.
Series Statement
Historical dictionaries of U.S. historical eras ; no. 8
Uniform Title
Historical dictionaries of U.S. historical eras ; no. 8.
Alternative Title
Kennedy-Johnson era
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dictionaries.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-393).
Contents
Editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff -- Chronology -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Appendix A: List of officials, elections, Congresses -- Appendix B: Constitutional amendments -- Appendix C: John F. Kennedy's addresses -- Appendix D: Lyndon B. Johnson's addresses -- Appendix E: Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech ["I have a dream"] -- Selected bibliography -- About the authors.
Call Number
E841
ISBN
  • 9780810858428
  • 0810858428
LCCN
  • 2007022870
  • 2608045
OCLC
144598077
Author
Burns, Richard Dean.
Title
Historical dictionary of the Kennedy-Johnson era / Richard Dean Burns, Joseph M. Siracusa.
Imprint
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2007.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Historical dictionaries of U.S. historical eras ; no. 8
Historical dictionaries of U.S. historical eras ; no. 8.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-393).
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Chronological Term
1960-1980
Added Author
Siracusa, Joseph M.
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Online version: Burns, Richard Dean. Historical dictionary of the Kennedy-Johnson era. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2007 (OCoLC)593346184
Online version: Burns, Richard Dean. Historical dictionary of the Kennedy-Johnson era. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2007 (OCoLC)608412295
Other Standard Identifier
2608045
Research Call Number
*R-USLHG E841 .B85 2007
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