The 1960s and Its Legacies (UEHI 245)

Term: 2010-2011 Fall Term

Faculty

Dr. David ContostaShow MyInfo popup for Dr. David Contosta

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Schedule

Sat, 8:15 AM - 12:45 PM (10/23/2010 - 12/17/2010) Location: MAIN SJ 248

Description

Examines the great upheavals in American life during the l960s and early l970s, and the continuing
consequences of these tumultuous years. Among the topics to be considered are the Baby Boom,
hippies, the counterculture, the New Left, the sexual revolution, women?s liberation, changing family
patterns, civil rights, the revival of ethnic consciousness, the Vietnam War, suburbanization, political
correctness, multiculturalism, the renewal of conservatism, the Moral Majority, casual dress, the
reassertion of Congressional authority, and fears of American decline.