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Whether you’re participating in our Decades Reading Challenge or came across this list while searching for books about the ’60s and ’70s, you’ve come to the right place. Below is a list of the best books about the 1970s, and here are titles from the 1960s.
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For the reading challenge, you can choose any book you like that is set in the 1970s. To give you a head start, we’ve compiled a great list of books about the 1970s.
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You can read all about the Decades Reading Challenge, download your free printable reading tracker, and find book lists for other decades here.
The list includes historical fiction novels and modern classics. The books provide insights into life in the 1970s, including nonfiction accounts of political and scientific events that define the era. Some books of the books published during the 1970s have come to define this period of history.
The seventies were a revolutionary decade. progressive social values that began in the 1960s, such as the rise of political activism and feminism, continued to grow. The hippie culture that started in the second half of the 1960s began to fade in the mid-1970s. At that time, the environmental movement really took hold.
Similarly, ’70s music brought together ’60s rebel anthems and ’80s pop music. ’70s sounds tended to be a bit more relaxing. dance music also became popular, including the brief rise of disco music. the music scene of the 70s was defined by sex, drugs and rock and roll.
great events of the 1970s
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Before recommending books from each decade, we like to provide some historical context. Below is a timeline of the major events of the 1970s in the United States and abroad. .
- 1970 nasa apollo 13 experienced an explosion shortly after launch. astronauts were able to successfully return to earth after abandoning the mission to the moon.
- in 1971, the ratification of the 26th amendment lowered the voting age for the us. uu. from 21 to 18 years old.
- The New York Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers in 1971. The documents provided evidence that the United States government had been lying to the American people.
- walt disney world opened in orlando, florida, in 1971.
- the 1972 attempted break-in at the democratic national committee headquarters marked the beginning of the watergate scandal.
- President Richard Nixon was re-elected for a second term in November 1972 despite doubts about his involvement in Watergate.
- The United States ended its involvement in the vietnam war after signing the paris peace accords in january 1973; The war officially ended two years later, in 1975.
- In the landmark 1973 case of roe v. wade, the supreme court ruled that abortion is a constitutional right.
- vice president spiro agnew resigned in october 1973 on charges of tax evasion and bribery.
- Also in October 1973, following further revelations about the Watergate scandal, the House of Representatives began impeachment proceedings against President Nixon.
- In 1974, the Supreme Court He ordered Nixon to turn over White House recordings of his involvement in and cover-up of the Watergate scandal. Nixon became the only American president to resign from office; Nixon was later pardoned by his successor, Gerald Ford.
- In 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen created Microsoft. The following year, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak create Apple Computer Company. The first Apple II computers go on sale two years later, in 1977.
- Jaws, released in June 1975, becomes one of the first blockbuster movies.
- President Gerald Ford, who became president after Nixon resigned, was defeated by Jimmy Carter in the 1976 presidential race.
- The Trans-Alaskan Pipeline opened in May 1977.
- Known as the Iran hostage crisis, fifty-two US diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days. the crisis lasted from November 1979 to January 20, 1981.
the best books about the 70s
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