The Seventies in America

by Super, John C.

• ISBN13: 9781587652295
• ISBN10: 1587652293
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-30
• Publisher: Salem Pr Inc

Summary

Entries describe the decade's events, musical groups and performers, authors, political groups, movies, and literature, each assessing the topic's impact and tracing subsequent events.

Table of Contents

Publisher's Note	ix
Contributors	xi
Complete List of Contents	xvii
Abortion rights	1	(3)
Academy Awards	4	(2)
Acid rain	6	(1)
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)	7	(1)
Acupuncture	8	(1)
Advertising	9	(5)
Aerosmith	14	(1)
Affirmative action	15	(1)
Africa and the United States	16	(3)
African Americans	19	(4)
Afros	23	(1)
Age Discrimination Act of 1975	24	(1)
Agnew, Spiro T	24	(2)
Agriculture in Canada	26	(2)
Agriculture in the United States	28	(4)
Air bags	32	(1)
Air pollution	33	(3)
Aircraft	36	(3)
Airline Deregulation Act of 1978	39	(1)
Alaska Pipeline	39	(1)
Ali, Muhammad	40	(2)
Alien	42	(1)
All in the Family	43	(2)
All the President's Men	45	(1)
Allen, Woody	46	(1)
American Family, An	47	(1)
American Graffiti	48	(1)
American Indian Movement (AIM)	49	(1)
American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978	50	(1)
Anaya, Rudolfo A	51	(1)
Angelou, Maya	52	(2)
Anik communication satellites	54	(1)
Annie Hall	54	(1)
Anorexia nervosa	55	(2)
Anthony, Earl	57	(1)
Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty	57	(2)
Antinuclear movement	59	(3)
Antiwar demonstrations	62	(2)
Apocalypse Now	64	(3)
Apollo space program	67	(2)
Apple Computer	69	(1)
Archaeology	70	(1)
Architecture	71	(6)
Arcology	77	(1)
Arctic international claims	77	(3)
Art movements	80	(2)
Artificial sweeteners	82	(1)
Arts and crafts	83	(2)
Asbestos ban	85	(1)
Ashe, Arthur	85	(2)
Asian Americans	87	(2)
Astrology	89	(1)
Astronomy	90	(1)
Atari	91	(1)
Attica prison riot	92	(2)
Atwood, Margaret	94	(1)
Automatic teller machines (ATMs)	95	(1)
Automobiles	96	(3)
Ballet	99	(1)
Band, The	100	(1)
Bar codes	101	(1)
Baryshnikov, Mikhail	102	(1)
Baseball	103	(4)
Basketball	107	(2)
Battle of the Network Stars	109	(1)
Battle of the Sexes	110	(1)
Battlestar Galactica	111	(1)
Beatty, Warren	112	(1)
Bee Gees, The	113	(1)
Bell-bottoms	114	(1)
Belushi, John	115	(1)
Bench, Johnny	116	(1)
Berkowitz, David	117	(1)
Bicentennial celebration	118	(2)
Black Arts movement	120	(1)
Black Panthers	121	(2)
Blaxploitation films	123	(2)
Blazing Saddles	125	(1)
Blockbusters	126	(2)
Blume, Judy	128	(1)
Bombeck, Erma	129	(1)
Book publishing	130	(2)
Bowie, David	132	(1)
Boxing	133	(2)
Brady Bunch, The	135	(1)
Brando, Marlon	135	(2)
Broadway musicals	137	(2)
Brooks, Mel	139	(1)
Bryant, Anita	140	(1)
Buddhism	140	(2)
Bundy, Ted	142	(1)
Business and the economy in Canada	143	(2)
Business and the economy in the United States	145	(5)
Busing	150	(2)
Byrne, Jane	152	(2)
Cambodia invasion and bombing	154	(2)
Camp David Accords	156	(2)
Canada and the British Commonwealth	158	(2)
Canada and the United States	160	(2)
Canada Cup of 1976	162	(1)
Canadian Citizenship Act of 1977	163	(1)
Canadian Human Rights Act of 1977	163	(1)
Cancer research	164	(2)
Carlin, George	166	(1)
Carol Burnett Show, The	167	(1)
Carpenters, The	168	(1)
Carter, Jimmy	169	(3)
Castaneda, Carlos	172	(1)
CAT scans	173	(1)
CB radio	174	(1)
Censorship in Canada	175	(1)
Censorship in the United States	176	(2)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)	178	(1)
Charlie's Angels	179	(1)
Charter of the French Language	180	(1)
Chavez, Cesar	181	(1)
Cheech and Chong	182	(1)
Chicago, Judy	183	(2)
Chicano movement	185	(2)
Chico and the Man	187	(1)
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974	188	(1)
Child product safety laws	188	(1)
Child support and custody	189	(2)
Children's literature	191	(3)
Children's television	194	(3)
China and the United States	197	(3)
Chinatown	200	(1)
Chisholm, Shirley	201	(1)
Chlorofluorocarbon ban	202	(1)
Chorus Line, A	203	(1)
Chowchilla school bus hijacking	204	(1)
Chretien, Jean	205	(1)
Christian Fundamentalism	206	(2)
Cigarette advertising ban	208	(1)
Clark, Joe	209	(1)
Classical music	210	(2)
Clean Air Act of 1970	212	(1)
Clemency for Vietnam draft evaders and deserters	212	(2)
Clockwork Orange, A	214	(1)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind	215	(1)
Closed captioning	216	(1)
Cohabitation	217	(2)
Cold War	219	(1)
Comedians	220	(2)
Coming Home	222	(1)
Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP)	223	(1)
Commonwealth Games of 1978	224	(2)
Communications in Canada	226	(1)
Communications in the United States	227	(2)
Computer networks	229	(1)
Computers	230	(4)
Concert for Bangla Desh	234	(1)
Congress, U.S.	235	(3)
Connors, Jimmy	238	(1)
Conservatism in U.S. politics	239	(2)
Consumer Product Safety Act of 1972	241	(1)
Containerization	242	(1)
Cooper, Alice	243	(1)
Cooper, D. B.	244	(1)
Copyright Act of 1976	245	(1)
Cosell, Howard	245	(2)
Country music	247	(2)
Cox, Archibald	249	(1)
Credit cards	250	(1)
Cults	251	(2)
Culture of Narcissism, The	253	(2)
Daley, Richard J	255	(1)
Dance, popular	256	(1)
Davis, Angela	257	(1)
DDT ban	258	(1)
Dean, John	259	(1)
Death penalty	260	(3)
Deep Throat	263	(1)
Deer Hunter, The	264	(1)
Deliverance	265	(1)
Demographics of Canada	266	(2)
Demographics of the United States	268	(3)
De Niro, Robert	271	(1)
Denver, John	272	(1)
Designated hitter	273	(1)
Detente	274	(1)
Disability rights movement	275	(1)
Disaster films	276	(2)
Disco	278	(3)
Discotheques	281	(2)
Dolby sound	283	(1)
Donahue	284	(1)
Doonesbury	285	(1)
Dreyfuss, Richard	286	(1)
Drug use	287	(2)
Dunaway, Faye	289	(1)
Dungeons and Dragons	290	(1)
Durang, Christopher	290	(2)
Eagles, The	292	(1)
Eagleton, Thomas F.	292	(2)
Earned Income Tax Credit program	294	(1)
Earth art movement	295	(1)
Earth Day	295	(2)
Earth, Wind, and Fire	297	(1)
Eastwood, Clint	298	(1)
Ecotopia	299	(1)
Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975	300	(1)
Education in Canada	301	(2)
Education in the United States	303	(3)
Ehrlichman, John	306	(1)
8-track tapes	307	(1)
Elections in Canada	308	(2)
Elections in the United States, midterm	310	(3)
Elections in the United States, 1972	313	(3)
Elections in the United States, 1976	316	(3)
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974	319	(1)
Endangered Species Act of 1973	319	(1)
Enemies List	320	(2)
Energy crisis	322	(2)
Environmental movement	324	(8)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	332	(1)
Episcopal Church ordination of women	333	(2)
Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972	335	(1)
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)	336	(2)
Ervin, Sam	338	(1)
Erving, Julius	339	(1)
Europe and North America	340	(2)
Evert, Chris	342	(1)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask	343	(1)
Exorcist, The	344	(2)
Fads	346	(1)
Fall of Saigon	347	(2)
Falwell, Jerry	349	(1)
Family	350	(1)
Fashions and clothing	351	(4)
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	355	(1)
Fear of Flying	356	(1)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)	357	(1)
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and amendments	358	(2)
Feinstein, Dianne	360	(1)
Feminism	360	(3)
Feminist art	363	(1)
Field, Sally	364	(1)
Film in Canada	365	(2)
Film in the United States	367	(4)
Fischer, Bobby	371	(1)
Fishing claims in territorial waters	372	(1)
Fitness movement	373	(4)
Fleetwood Mac	377	(1)
Flex time	378	(1)
Fonda, Jane	379	(1)
Food trends	380