The A to Z of the Kennedy-Johnson era. (reprint, 2007) (A to Z guide series; no.92) by Burns, Richard Dean and Joseph M. Siracusa - 2009

Scarecrow Pr., 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Burns (history, California State U., Los Angeles) and Siracusa (global studies, social science, and planning, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia) present a resource text covering a period in U.S. history regarded by many as the best and worst of times. Opening with a chronology followed by an introductory essay focusing on the two administrations and placing them in context, the text features a dictionary section with entries for key individuals, major events, path-breaking legislations adopted, and the economic, social, and cultural background to the period. Five appendices provide lists of officials, elections, and congresses; constitutional amendments; a sampling of addresses by Kennedy and Johnson; and the text of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. The text also contains a selected bibliography organized into 30 topic areas. Originally published in hardback under the title Historical Dictionary of the Kennedy-Johnson Era. (2009 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)