Dissent in the heartland : the sixties at Indiana University / Mary Ann Wynkoop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wynkoop, Mary Ann.

Series:

Midwestern history and culture.

Midwestern history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Student movements--Indiana--Bloomington--History--20th century.

Student movements.

Indiana University--History--20th century.

Indiana University.

Indiana University--Students--Political activity--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 214 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This grassroots view of student activism in the 1960's chronicles the years of protest at one midwestern university. Located in a region of farmland, conservative politics, and traditional family values, Indiana University was home to the antiwar protesters, civil rights activists, members of the counterculture, and feminists who helped change the heart of Middle America. Based on primary sources, interviews, and FBI files, this volume reveals the midwestern pulse of the '60's, beating firmly, far from the elite schools and urban centers of the east and west.

Contents:

The dawn of dissent: 1960-65

The awakening of activism: 1965-67

The antiwar movement

A precarious peace

Student rights, civil rights: African Americans and the struggle for racial justice

The women's movement: an idea whose time had come

Bloomington and the counterculture in southern Indiana.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-208) and index.

ISBN:

0-253-10239-1

0-253-10942-6

1-282-06313-8

9786612063138

OCLC:

56672729