HIS 1101 Chapter 10: Chapter 10 – Edging Towards the Abyss, 1958-1972.docx
27 Mar 2015
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The counterculture: most obvious manifestations of the ferment of the sixties was the rebellious reaction of young baby boomers against the values of their elders, a movement that came to be known as the counterculture, one of personal self reformation and self realization, centered in hippies, the rapid expanding university campus provided an ideal spawning ground for youthful rebellion, the youthful reaction adovocated an electric kind of socialism that is usually referred to as the new left. Canadian needs: the decade 1957 67 was one of constant federal turmoil and federal provincial hassles, voters preferred diefenbaker in 1957, 58, and 62, voters preferred pearson in 63 and 65, despite being a world diplomat, pearson and his governments were not able to distinguish themselves for their triumphs in the international areana, pierre trudeau came to power in 1968 and was able to attract major attention from french canada.
