| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 229 pages) |
| Series |
Viewpoints on American culture |
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Viewpoints on American culture.
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| Contents |
Sixties timeline -- Introduction : Why read about the 1960s at the turn of the twenty-first century? -- The movement we helped to make / Julian Bond -- "Of this generation" : the New Left and the student movement / Wini Breines -- Vietnam War mythology and the rise of public cynicism / Cristian Appy, Alexander Bloom -- Running battle : Washington's war at home / Tom Wells -- Lyndon Johnson and the roots of contemporary conservatism / Tom Wicker -- Negroes no more : the emergence of black student activism / Karen K. Miller -- Everything seemed beautiful : a life in the counterculture / Barry Melton -- Politics as art, art as politics : the Freedom Singers, the Living Theatre, and public performance / Bradford Martin -- Sources of the second wave : the rebirth of feminism / Sara M. Evans -- Placing gay in the sixties / John D'Emilio |
| Summary |
This study examines the gulf between the history and mythology that has grown up around different aspects of the 1960s, ranging from the counterculture to gay rights, to the student and women's movements, and to the Johnson presidency |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nineteen sixties.
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Nineteen sixties
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- 1961-1969. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140305
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140520
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bloom, Alexander.
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| ISBN |
9780198028949 |
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0198028946 |
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1423757718 |
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9781423757719 |
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9780195125146 |
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0195125142 |
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9780195125153 |
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0195125150 |
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9786610471645 |
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6610471649 |
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