TY - BOOK AU - Borstelmann,Thomas ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The 1970s: a new global history from civil rights to economic inequality T2 - America in the world AV - E839 .B59 2012eb U1 - 909.82/7 22 PY - 2012/// CY - Princton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Equality KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Nineteen seventies KW - 1969- KW - Social conditions KW - 1960-1980 KW - Politics and government KW - 1969-1974 KW - 1974-1977 KW - 1977-1981 KW - Economic conditions KW - 1971-1981 KW - Foreign relations KW - 1945-1989 KW - Commerce KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Crosscurrents of crisis in 1970s America : trouble abroad, corruption at home, conservatism and the distrust of government, economic insecurity, turning inward -- The rising tide of equality and democratic reform : women in the public sphere, women in the private sphere, the many frontiers of equality, political reform, resistance -- The spread of market values : a sea change of principles, the economy goes south, globalization's gathering speed, from citizenship to deregulation, market solutions for every problem, a freer market, a coarser culture -- The retreat of empires and the global advance of the market : the emergence of human rights, European empires and Southern Africa, the Soviet Empire, the American empire, the Israeli exception, the retreat of the state, China and the hollowing out of socialism -- Resistance to the new hyper-individualism : the environmentalist challenge, religious resurgence at home, religious resurgence in Israel, religious resurgence in the Muslim world, Jimmy Carter as a man of his times -- More and less equal since the 1970s : evidence to the contrary, inclusiveness ascending, markets persisting, unrestrained consumption, inequality rising; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10496630 ER -