03119nam a2200469 a 4500 ebr10496630 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110228s2012 njua sb 001 0 eng d 2011007790 9780691141565 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781400839704 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)757401407 n-us--- E839 .B59 2012eb 909.82/7 22 Borstelmann, Thomas. The 1970s [electronic resource] : a new global history from civil rights to economic inequality / Thomas Borstelmann. Nineteen seventies Princton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2012. xiv, 401 p. : ill. America in the world 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. Equality United States History 20th century. Nineteen seventies. United States History 1969- United States Social conditions 1960-1980. United States Politics and government 1969-1974. United States Politics and government 1974-1977. United States Politics and government 1977-1981. United States Economic conditions 1971-1981. United States Foreign relations 1945-1989. United States Commerce History 20th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. America in the world. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10496630 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 128685 128685