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Land of happiness and affluence faces discontent
A wide survey traces growing public alienation across America in 1972. Polls, essays, and personal vignettes reveal distrust in institutions, shifting morals, race tensions, and war weariness from Baltimore to Los Angeles and beyond. The piece contrasts optimistic progress with pervasive unease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Lyndon Johnson
McGovern
Wallace
Boston
Nebraska
White House
Jongshoreman
Hopkins University
Louis Harris
Los Angeles
Harris
Vietnam
St. Louis
Russia
China
Nixon
Washington
Pitts
Aont van W Pe Peuer Vanburgh
Anamosa
Iowa
Los Anes
Algeles
York
Isj
Baltimore
Tess
Millar
George Wallace
Chicago
Welin
Potomac Associates
Ameri
Bro l
Galken Homes
Amilien
Seine
America
Daniel Pat
Ok Moynihan
Richard Nix
Institute For
Michigan
Moynihan
Coun
Woodrow
Richard Nixon
Joe Stalin
Hungary
Saigon
Alliance For Progress
Great Society
Irving Kristol
Puerto Ric Ans
Watts
Detroit
Dallas
Memphis
Laurel
Kent State
Attica
Kennedy
Martin Luther King
Robert Kennedy