Minnesota in the '70s

A History of the 1970s in Minnesota, looking closely at this transitional time, a ten-year evolution of the state from the anti-establishment tumult of the Sixties to the Reagan conservatism of the Eighties. Based on primary documents, oral histories, collection photographs, and close look at history, politics, and popular culture of the decade, including the state's prominence in national politics, environmentalism, immigration change, feminist change, grassroots activism including Native American, music, and sports. Proposal submitted by two veteran MHS authors, Dave Kenney and Thomas Saylor.

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Dave Kenney is a freelance writer specializing in Minnesota history and a two-time Minnesota Book Award winner.