At Berkeley in the sixties : the education of an activist, 1961-1965 / Jo Freeman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freeman, Jo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freeman, Jo.

University of California, Berkeley--History.

University of California, Berkeley.

College students--Political activity--California--Berkeley--History.

College students.

College students--Political activity.

Student movements.

History.

California--Berkeley.

Student movements--California--Berkeley--History.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

At Berkeley in the '60s

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2004]

Summary:

This book is a memoir and a history of Berkeley in the early Sixties. As a young undergraduate, Jo Freeman was a key participant in the growth of social activism at the University of California, Berkeley. The story is told with the "you are there" immediacy of Freeman the undergraduate but is put into historical and political context by Freeman the scholar, 35 years later. It draws heavily on documents created at the time--letters, reports, interviews, memos, newspaper stories, FBI files--but is fleshed out with retrospective analysis. As events unfold, the campus conflicts of the Sixties take on a completely different cast, one that may surprise many readers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-343) and index.

ISBN:

025334283X

0253216222

OCLC:

51936947