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America in the sixties / John Robert Greene.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greene, John Robert, 1955-
- Series:
- America in the twentieth century.
- America in the twentieth century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Social movements.
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- Feminism--United States--History--20th century.
- Feminism.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Social aspects--United States.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Counterculture--United States--History--20th century.
- Counterculture.
- Nineteen sixties.
- United States--History--1961-1969.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Influence.
- Kennedy, John F.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In America in the Sixties, Greene goes beyond the clichés and synthesizes thirty years of research, writing, and teaching on one of the most turbulent decades of the twentieth century. Greene sketches the well-known players of the period-John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Betty Friedan-bringing each to life with subtle detail. He introduces the reader to lesser-known incidents of the decade and offers fresh and persuasive insights on many of its watershed events. Combining an engrossing narrative with intelligent analysis, America in the Sixties enriches our understanding of that pivotal era.
- Contents:
- Comfort and crisis : the 1950s
- "The torch has been passed to a new generation" : the myths of John F. Kennedy
- "We shall overcome" : civil rights in the South, 1960-1965
- "We'll have the opportunity to move upward" : the Great Society of Lyndon B. Johnson
- "As American as cherry pie" : civil rights, 1965-1969
- "Bodies upon the gears" : the new left and the new feminism
- "Waist deep in the big muddy" : Vietnam, 1960-1967
- "What it is ain't exactly clear" : sixties culture, straight and counter
- The limits of power : to reform the sixties.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780815651338
- 0815651333
- OCLC:
- 762258011
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