| Description |
1 online resource (385 pages) |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; A Note on Nomenclature; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 The Train to Berkeley; 2 Cal; 3 Politics and the University; 4 SLATE; 5 Exploring the Political Bazaar; 6 The Young Democrats; 7 Student; 8 Protest; 9 Summer Vacation in Washington, D.C.; 10 Crossing the Line; 11 The Speaker Ban; 12 The SLATE Supplement; 13 Fair Housing; 14 Mexico and Central America; 15 The House on Parker Street; 16 The Assassination of JFK; 17 The Bay Area Civil Rights Movement; 18 On Civil Disobedience; 19 The Sheraton-Palace; 20 Auto Row |
| Summary |
In At Berkeley in the '60s, Jo Freeman argues that the stage for campus radicalism of the sixties was set by the repressive climate of McCarthyism that permeated American society in the 1950s. Skillfully laying the historical foundation, she argues that Berkeley in the sixties began in the 1930s when rules were laid down prohibiting political activity in order to protect the university against charges of Communist influence. These rules were later used to justify the suppression of all political activity and advocacy inside the campus boundaries. She concludes that what happened at Berkeley |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Freeman, Jo
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| SUBJECT |
Freeman, Jo fast |
| Subject |
University of California, Berkeley -- History
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| SUBJECT |
University of California, Berkeley fast |
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College students -- Political activity -- California -- Berkeley -- History
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Student movements -- California -- Berkeley -- History
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College students -- Political activity
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Student movements
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California -- Berkeley
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253110626 |
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0253110629 |
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