The Big Book of the 70's

by Vankin, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9781563896712
• ISBN10: 1563896710
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Dc Comics

Summary

This new addition to the highly successful Big Book series takes a look back at the Me Decade. Among the topics in this volume are streaking, the rise and fall of Studio 54, pet rocks, the kung fu movie craze, the end of the war in Vietnam, and politics from Watergate to the Iran hostage crisis. Suggested for mature readers.

Table of Contents

Introduction	5	(3)
James Romberger
1 Freaky Fads
`70s Sexplosion	8	(2)
Jen Sorensen
Partying in the `70s	10	(2)
Langdon Foss
Style, `70s Style	12	(2)
Eric Shanower
`70s Lingo	14	(2)
Nick Bertozzi
The Short, Happy Life of Disco	16	(4)
Seth Fisher
Studio 54	20	(6)
Danny Hellman
Kung FU	26	(4)
Dean Haspiel
Streaking	30	(2)
Craig Thompson
Pet Rocks!	32	(1)
Sam Henderson
The Smiley Face	33	(1)
Jason Little
Mood Rings	34	(2)
Victor Cayro
Space Food	36	(2)
Steven Weissman
Running Fixx	38	(2)
Michael Collins
10-4, Back Door	40	(1)
Matt Mitchell
Bootleg LPs	41	(2)
Shepherd Hendrix
Useless Crap	43	(3)
Dave Cooper
2 The Players
John Lennon	46	(4)
Mark Poutenis
``Hanoi'' Jane	50	(4)
Chris Jordan
Kissinger	54	(3)
John Cebollero
``This is Howard Cosell!''	57	(3)
Brian Buniak
The Greatest	60	(3)
Graham Manley
Governor Moonbeam	63	(4)
Colleen Doran
Chuck Barris	67	(4)
Rick Geary
The Decade of Evel	71	(5)
Cliff Chiang
Burt Reynolds	76	(2)
Jeff Parker
Fonziemania	78	(1)
Gary Fields
Jimmy Carter	79	(6)
Alan Kupperberg
Gary Gilmore	85	(3)
Sean Phillips
3 ``And That's The Way It Was...''
Women's Liberation	88	(3)
Shary Flenniken
The Fall of Nixon	91	(4)
Terry LaBan
Patty Hearst: The Trials of Tania	95	(5)
Tom Sutton
The End of the Vietnam War	100	(4)
Steve Mannion
Life Without Meat: The Meat Shortage	104	(3)
Bob Fingerman
The Bicentennial	107	(1)
Rodney Ramos
Energy Crisis	108	(4)
Tayyar Ozkan
The Moonies	112	(3)
Renato Arlem
A Time of Terror	115	(5)
David Lloyd
Girls, Guns and Gerry Ford	120	(3)
Alex Wald
The Skylab is Falling!	123	(3)
Steve Vance
Blackout!	126	(4)
Stephen Blue
Son of Sam	130	(5)
Gray Morrow
America Held Hostage	135	(7)
John Ridgway
4 Entertainment Explosion
Silver Screen `70s	142	(3)
Sergio Aragones
McDonaldland	145	(3)
Roger Langridge
The Brady Bunch	148	(3)
Joe Staton
TV Catch Phrases	151	(1)
Dan Burr
The ABA	152	(3)
Gray
Baseball in the `70s	155	(2)
Marie Severin
Sesame Street	157	(3)
Bill Alger
``Jiggle'' Shows	160	(3)
Michael Perkins
``...It's Saturday Night''	163	(4)
Randy DuBurke
The Bay City Rollers	167	(3)
Robert F. Snyder
Glam Rock	170	(4)
Paul Pope
Monsters of Rock	174	(3)
Salgood Sam
Stadium Concerts	177	(1)
N. Steven Harris
Punk Rock	178	(3)
Hunt Emerson
Punk Rules!	181	(3)
Gregory Benton
Afterword	184	(1)
James Romberger
Biographies	185	(2)
Bibliography	187	(4)
Copyrights	191