Title Turning Points-Actual and Alternate Histories : America in Revolt during the 1960s and 1970s

Published Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (278 pages) Contents Contributors; Introduction; 1 Civil Rights; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 2 John F. Kennedy; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 3 War on Poverty; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 4 The Vietnam War; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading 5 Martin Luther King, JrIntroduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 6 The Tet Offensive; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 7 Kent State; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 8 March on Washington; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 9 Women's Rights; Introduction Turning PointActual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 10 Counterculture; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 11 Free Speech Movement; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; 12 Richard M. Nixon; Introduction; Turning Point; Actual History; Alternate History; Discussion Questions; Bibliography and Further Reading; Appendix I; Excerpts from the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Appendix II Excerpts from the Voting Rights Act of 1965Chronology of America in Revolt; Resources; Index Summary This volume in the Turning PointsóActual and Alternative Histories series looks at a tumultuous recent era in American history, a time when pivotal, often tragic, world-changing events seemed to be happening at an alarming rate.| merica in Revolt during the 1960s and 1970s looks at 12 significant events, from the assassination of John F. Kennedy to the passage of the Civil Rights Act, from the student killings at Kent State to Richard Nixonís resignation. Drawing on the concepts of alternative history, the book portrays each event as it happened, then considers some plausible alternative scen Notes Print version record Subject History. Imaginary histories. Nineteen seventies. Nineteen sixties. Social movements. Social problems. history (discipline) social movements. social issues. History. Imaginary histories. Nineteen seventies. Nineteen sixties. Social movements. Social problems. Form Electronic book Author Golson, J ISBN 9781851098842 1851098844 1280974710 9781280974717

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