Friday, March 5, 2010

Major Project Progress

I'm having a little difficulty tracking down topic-specific sources amongst the plethora of general sources available about the sixties . It is very difficult to wade through all the information available on an entire decade. However, I am finding this easier as I narrow my search down to a few central topics.
I'm still contemplating which areas I'll focus on. Most historians are adamant about the impact of music/performance, politics etc but their have been some interesting suggestions from historian Sharon Monteith who emphasises the significance of "pseudo-events" in the sixties. I am currently pursuing this idea and questioning how they may have impacted upon historians' respresentations of the sixties as a revolutionary era of change and rampant progress.

An interesting excerpt from American culture in the 1960s By Sharon Monteith:





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