Slate columnist Fred Kaplan argues that it was in 1959 that the country shifted from its pre-WWII traditions to the individualistic, question-authority world of today. In 1959: The Year Everything Changed, he discusses three key events served as catalysts for vast changes that ushered in the modern world: the pharmaceutical company Searle sought FDA approval for the birth control pill, the first American soldiers were killed in Vietnam, and the microchip was introduced.
Event: Fred Kaplan will be reading and signing books
Wednesday, June 24, at 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble, Park Slope
267 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn
Guests:
Fred Kaplan
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Comments [3]
Also, do not miss David Halberstam's "The Fifties."
Is your author familiar with the books "The Fourth Turning" and "Generations" by
William Strauss & Neil Howe. They go into great detail about the cyclic nature of history and the great change that is brought about periodically as the cycle 'turns'.
Don't forget that in the late 50s, developments in jazz also included the west coast cool sound (Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker) and Chico Hamilton's "chamber" jazz.
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