1960s

Collins Gem 1960s provides an evocative introduction to the decade, taking you through its changing character and significant events month by month, not just in politics but also in sport, music, film, science, technology, and in everyday life. Full of photographs and facts, this Gem will help you experience the 1960s.

This Collins Gem is published in flexibinding, providing the durability of a hardback with the flexibility of a paperback. In a stylish new cover design, Gem 1960s, along with titles on the 1950s, 1970s, and 1980s, brings exciting new subjects into the Gem range.

In 1960, Coronation Street starts, parking tickets are first introduced, and East Germany closes the border with West Berlin. By the end of the decade, man has landed on the Moon, Monty Python's Flying Circus is being shown, and the USA is bombing North Vietnam.

A month-by-month review of the key changes and events of the 1960s.

Extensively illustrated with over 200 photographs to capture the feel of the decade.

Great emphasis is given to cultural and social landmarks to provide the real flavour of the period and to give insights into what life in the 1960s was really like.