Mad as Hell: The Crisis of the 1970s and the Rise of the Populist Right, (Paperback)

from gayla.bassham

A political/social/cultural history of the U.S. in the 1970s. I liked it quite a lot. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

from HadriantheBlind

Well-done and well-researched book about one of the most turbulent decades in memory. The history starts from the Nixon resignation and ends at the start of Reagan's term, covering everything from the rise of the South, fundamentalism, racial tensions, poverty, and even Archie Bunker and air cond...

from Eyejaybee

I have read and enjoyed several of Dominic Sandbrook's history books covering Britain in the 1970s and 1980s. He has an enviable capacity to convey complex and convoluted issues in a readily accessible manner, and his explanations of the various crises that beset Britain during those two troubled...

from wb4ever1

A trip back to the cultural and political turmoil of the 1970's does not sound like fun reading, but if you are interested in American history, and genuinely want to understand how we got to where we are, then MAD AS HELL: THE CRISIS OF THE 1970'S AND THE RISE OF RIGHT WING POPULISM (that's a mou...

from wb4ever1

A trip back to the cultural and political turmoil of the 1970's does not sound like fun reading, but if you are interested in American history, and genuinely want to understand how we got to where we are, then MAD AS HELL: THE CRISIS OF THE 1970'S AND THE RISE OF RIGHT WING POPULISM (that's a mou...