Reviews for The sixties

The average rating for The sixties based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-11-03 00:00:00 Ratrice Bowden Key Points: 1. A 'cultural revolution' occured in 1960s, a revolution "in material conditions, lifestyles, family relationships, and personal freedoms for the vast majority of ordinary people." (15) 2. "The sixties were characterized by the vast number of innovative activities taking place simultaneously, by unprecedented interaction & acceleration." (7) 3. The decade in this sense lasted from "1958 & end[ed] broadly speaking... in 1973-4" as the effects of the economic downturn began to be felt. 4. The counter-cultural movements which constituted the sixties "did not confront society, but permeated and transformed it." 5. Transformation of society was aided by "the existence in positions of authority of men and women of traditional enlightened and rational outlook who responded flexibly & tolerantly to counter-cultural demands." (measured judgment)

Review # 2 was written on 2010-04-15 00:00:00 Steven Tiger Having lived the decade Marwick writes about with some consciousness of what was happening, I found this portrayal extraordinarily dull, rather like a great list or chronology written by someone alien to the topic. Since the author is only fifteen years older than me, this is rather inexcusable. Hypothetical causes of his failure to write an insightful book range from the charitable assumption that he was trying overhard to be objective to the suspicion that he found much of the period distasteful. Such little virtue this dry-as-dust book represents, for this American reader at least, is in its coverage of European events, particularly those in Italy, of which I'd been unaware.