Something Happened: A Political and Cultural Overview of the Seventies by Edward D. Berkowitz
Columbia University Press; 1ST edition | December 27, 2005 | English | ISBN: 0231124945 | 296 pages | PDF | 3 MB
In both the literal and metaphorical senses, it seemed as if 1970s America was running out of gas. The decade not only witnessed long lines at gas stations but a citizenry that had grown weary and disillusioned. High unemployment, runaway inflation, and the energy crisis, caused in part by U.S. dependence on Arab oil, characterized an increasingly bleak economic situation.