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Whole World in an Uproar: Music, Rebellion and Repression (1955-1972)

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The Cultural Dynamics of the 50s

The book covers the period from 1955 to 1972. It's an incredible and often tragic transitionary time in American history rife with war, political assassinations, cultural revolutions and more. The 50s is kind of a halcyonic innocent time, but Khrushchev gets up and denounces Stalin in 1956 that causes a huge rift among communist worldwide. So you know, around 55, 56, you have this film Blackboard Jungle about juvenile delinquents and it opens with Bill Haley and the comments doing rock around the clock. And kids are rioting, you know, when they hear this song; media is going crazy like, we can't show this movie a year later because it's profitable

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