2 options
The Columbia guide to America in the 1960s / David Farber and Beth Bailey, with contributors.
LIBRA E841 .C575 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Columbia guides to American history and cultures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--1961-1969.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 508 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- With interesting facts, statistics, and comparisons presented in almanac style as well as the expertise of prominent scholars, "The Columbia Guide to America in the 1960s" is the most complete guide to an enduringly fascinating era.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The American Sixties: a Brief History 1
- Chapter 1 John Kennedy and the Promise of Leadership 3
- The Post-War Era: Cold War Prosperity 3
- The Election 6
- The Kennedy Presidency 7
- Chapter 2 The Civil Rights Revolution 13
- The Civil Rights Movement: Origins 13
- Mass Protest 15
- Federal Civil Rights Legislation 19
- Chapter 3 The Great Society 23
- Debating Racial Justice 23
- The 1964 Presidential Election 25
- LBJ and the Great Societu 28
- The New Left 30
- Chapter 4 The Vietnam War 34
- Background to Direct American Involvement 34
- Nation-Building 35
- Increasing Involvement 36
- The Escalating War 38
- The War at Home 40
- Chapter 5 Polarization 44
- 1968 44
- Racial Militancy 47
- Growing Polarization and Radicalization 50
- Richard Nixon's War in Vietnam 51
- America's Fighting Men 52
- Ending the War 53
- Chapter 6 Sixties Culture 55
- The Good Life 55
- Youth Culture 57
- Counterculture 59
- Black Culture 61
- Chapter 7 New Directions 64
- The Nixon Record 64
- Watergate 66
- Liberation, Power, and Pride 71
- Part 2 Debating the Sixties 77
- The Upheaval of Jim Crow: African Americans and the Struggle for Civil Rights in the 1960s / Beth Tompkins Bates 79
- The New Left: Democratic Reformers or Left-Wing Revolutionaries? / Doug Rossinow 91
- Losing Ground? The Great Society in Historical Perspective / Edward Berkowitz 98
- Urban Uprisings: Riots or Rebellions? / Heather Ann Thompson 109
- Explaining the Tragedy of Vietnam / Richard H. Immerman 118
- The Women's Movement: Liberation for Whom? / Beth Bailey 125
- The Sexual Revolution: Was It Revolutionary? / Beth Bailey 134
- Debating the Counterculture: Ecstasy and Anxiety over the Hip Alternative / Michael Wm. Doyle 143
- Political Conservatism in the Sixties: Silent Majority or White Backlash? / Jeff Roche 157
- The Sixties Legacy: "The Destructive Generation" or "Years of Hope"? / David Farber 167
- Part 3 The Sixties A to Z 177
- Part 4 Short Topical Essays 261
- Cities and Suburbs 263
- Environmentalism 273
- Law and Justice 281
- Popular Music 288
- Religion 296
- The End of Enthusiasm: Science and Technology 305
- Sports 312
- Art: Expanding Conceptions, Sites, and Audiences 321
- Part 5 Special Sections 327
- Portrait of a Nation 329
- Population 329
- Race and Ethnicity 335
- Health 338
- Education 344
- Crime 349
- Travel and Recreation 352
- Economy and Labor 355
- National Politics and Elections 364
- Entertainment, Popular Arts, and Publications 396
- Fashion 412
- Sports and Olympics 415
- "Introduced in" List 445.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-489) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231113722
- OCLC:
- 45439839
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.