1973 Nervous Breakdown: Watergate, Warhol, and the Birth of Post-Sixties America

by Andreas Killen

Book Overview

An engaging and eye-opening dissection of a watershed year in American history. Tumultuous and exciting, 1973 marked the end of the 1960s and the birth of a new cultural sensibility. A year of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596910593
• ISBN13: 9781596910591
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

survey of shifts, implosions and psychology of a year in American history

This book is a worthwhile immersion back into the many strains and tendencies that ran through American life and culture in the 60's and early 70's; in doing that it offers hints into the contemporary political scene. It connects many events in the political, economic, cultural life of that time. It seems to be a good entry into recent American history. The writing style is a little disorienting - in that many ideas and events are shown as being linked together but in a loose way (it felt like reading a Marshall McLuhan book in that no too sharp conclusions are drawn, but there are many half-ghosted ideas introduced that one can choose to explore in other ways and with other methods ) but it is a good starting point for one's own exploration of the ideas and events of that time.

I laughed out loud and I learned some things

I really enjoyed this book! After years of thinking about the 1970's as political and cultural deadweight, I was surprised to discover how significant the 1970's were in shaping our current social and political landscape. I was captivated by the ways that Killen wove together seemingly disparate events and themes. His writing is both smart and accessible. I laughed out loud and I learned some things, which is strong praise in my book. I highly recommend this book and I can't wait for the sequel. 1984 anyone?