{"product_id":"1959-the-year-everything-changed-paperback","title":"1959: The Year Everything Changed - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFred Kaplan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcclaimed national security columnist and noted cultural critic Fred Kaplan looks past the 1960s to the year that \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e changed America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile conventional accounts focus on the sixties as the era of pivotal change that swept the nation, Fred Kaplan argues that it was 1959 that ushered in the wave of tremendous cultural, political, and scientific shifts that would play out in the decades that followed. Pop culture exploded in upheaval with the rise of artists like Jasper Johns, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, and Miles Davis. Court rulings unshackled previously banned books. Political power broadened with the onset of Civil Rights laws and protests. The sexual and feminist revolutions took their first steps with the birth control pill. America entered the war in Vietnam, and a new style in superpower diplomacy took hold. The invention of the microchip and the Space Race put a new twist on the frontier myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVividly chronicles 1959 as a vital, overlooked year that set the world as we know it in motion, spearheading immense political, scientific, and cultural change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrong critical acclaim: \"\"Energetic and engaging\"\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e); \"\"Immensely enjoyable . . . a first-rate book\"\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e); \"\"Lively and filled with often funny anecdotes\"\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDraws fascinating parallels between the country in 1959 and today\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing fascinating parallels between the country in 1959 and today, Kaplan offers a smart, cogent, and deeply researched take on a vital, overlooked period in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Washington Post Best Book of 2009\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fascinating . . . a cabinet of wonders. . . . Those who love the AMC series Mad Men, set just after the epochal year, will find much to love in Kaplan's book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\"Los Angeles Times\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Clever . . . Fun . . . Kaplan makes an intriguing case that 1959 was an authentic annus mirabellis.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\"The Wall Street Journal\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Enormously engaging. . . . Kaplan is wonderful at chronicling what changed and how.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\"Washington Post\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Immensely enjoyable reading. . . . A first-rate book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--George Packer, \"The New Yorker\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This sprawling, holistic joy of a book explores, expands, and provokes reassessment of an entire era--not just a year--in a way that is deeply satisfying and enlightening. Social, political, and historical commentary doesn't get much better than this.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\"Daily Kos\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was the year of the microchip, the birth-control pill, the space race, and the computer revolution; the rise of Pop art, free jazz, \"sick comics,\" the New Journalism, and indie films; the emergence of Castro, Malcolm X, and personal superpower diplomacy; the beginnings of Motown, Happenings, and the Generation Gap--all bursting against the backdrop of the Cold War, the fallout-shelter craze, and the first American casualties of the war in Vietnam. Drawing on original research, untapped archives, and interviews with major figures of the time, Fred Kaplan pieces together the vast, untold story of a civilization in flux--and paints vivid portraits of the men and women whose inventions, ideas, and energy paved the way for the world we know today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFred Kaplan is a columnist for Slate and a frequent contributor to the \"New York Times,\" \"New York\" magazine, and other publications. A former reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner for the \"Boston Globe,\" he is also the author of \"Daydream Believers\" and coauthor of \"The Wizards of Armageddon.\" He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Brooke Gladstone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 8.46 x 6.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762030084384,"sku":"9780470602034","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/81b7a10b60217918c0f352c8ab288d29.webp?v=1780215346","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/1959-the-year-everything-changed-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}