{"product_id":"9780345455826","title":"1968 The Year That Rocked the World - Kurlansky, Mark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e1968 The Year That Rocked the World\u003c\/u\u003e by Kurlansky, Mark\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Random House Publishing Group, 2005\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo some, 1968 was the year of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Yet it was also the year of the Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy assassinations; the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; Prague Spring; the antiwar movement and the Tet Offensive; Black Power; the generation gap; avant-garde theater; the upsurge of the women’s movement; and the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union.\n\n \n\nIn this monumental book, Mark Kurlansky brings to teeming life the cultural and political history of that pivotal year, when television’s influence on global events first became apparent, and spontaneous uprisings occurred simultaneously around the world. Encompassing the diverse realms of youth and music, politics and war, economics and the media, 1968 shows how twelve volatile months transformed who we were as a people—and led us to where we are today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group, 2005","offers":[{"title":"1968 The Year That Rocked the World \/ Very Good","offer_id":53250720104740,"sku":"9780345455826VG","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/public_2e5d29bb-4503-4553-bb4b-50fac5a47eaf.jpg?v=1781792899","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9780345455826","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}