“Jackie added in White's article, read by millions, that the Kennedy administration had been Camelot, "a magic moment in American history, when… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Still, the exaggerations of Johnson and other liberals at the time came to haunt them within a few years. Talk about the… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“The optimistic, prosperous spirit of the time further advanced Friedan's message. Relatively few of the women who responded to The Feminine Mystique,… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“The depopulation of rural America at the time, accelerated by the technological revolution that was rendering farm labor superfluous, was one of… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“ALTHOUGH THE WATTS RIOT of 1965 was an extreme response, it appears in retrospect as an ominous omen of the future. One… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“By 1971 the United States had an unfavorable balance of international trade for the first time since 1893.” — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Members of Congress, outraged by the events at Selma, forty times interrupted his address with applause. Johnson closed by raising his thumbs,… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“By the time Nixon reached office the environmental cause had grown stronger than ever, thanks in part to media attention given to… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Less apparent at the time, but in many ways more problematic, were deep-seated structural developments in the work force. By the late… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Starting in 1964, average scores on Scholastic Aptitude Tests went steadily down, and per student spending went steadily up.33” — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“The 1950s witnessed especially rapid expansion of electronic and electrical firms, of tobacco, soft drink, and food-processing companies, and of the chemical, plastics, and… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Thanks in part to the rapid mechanization of cotton production in the early 1940s, which ultimately threw millions of farm laborers out of work,… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Polls indicated that while women were growing increasingly sensitive about gender discrimination, only a small minority liked to be called "feminists." The majority of… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Though the ending is schmaltzy, there was bite enough in the film to distinguish it from a Norman Rockwell vision of the nation. The… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Along with the booming economy, which after 1962 seemed capable of almost anything, the magnified mystique of the presidency stimulated ever-greater expectations among liberals… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“A rock concert at a farm in Bethel, New York, in 1969 attracted some 400,000 people who wallowed happily about in the rain, some… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Jack, however, was persuaded by an aide to telephone King's wife, Coretta, to express his sympathy. At the same time, Bobby (unbeknownst to Jack)… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“By 1955 thirteen states had passed laws regulating the publication, distribution, and sale of comic books. Leading intellectuals, including C. Wright Mills, praised Wertham's efforts.70” — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“The three decades following the Second World War were prolific breeders of myth. The two great military victories on opposite sides of the globe,… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“But the Great Society did not do nearly as much to improve the economic standing of people as did the extraordinary growth of the… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Still, it is a stretch to regard the beats as initiating a major cultural trend in the late 1950s, let alone to see them… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
