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1968 : the rise and fall of the new American Revolution / Robert C. Cottrell and Blaine T. Browne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cottrell, Robert C., 1950- author.
- Browne, Blaine T. (Blaine Terry), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth movements.
- History.
- Political activists.
- Revolutionaries.
- New Left.
- Protest movements.
- United States--Politics and government--1961-1963.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.
- Social conditions.
- Nineteen sixty-eight, A.D.
- Protest movements--United States--History--20th century.
- New Left--United States--History--20th century.
- Radicalism--United States--History--20th century.
- Radicalism.
- Revolutionaries--United States--History--20th century.
- Political activists--United States--History--20th century.
- Youth movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Social movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Social movements.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 291 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
- Summary:
- "The year 1968 is recalled most of all as a year when revolution beckoned or threatened. On the 50th anniversary of that tumultuous year, cultural historians Robert Cottrell and Blaine T. Browne provide a well-informed, up-to-date synthesis of the events that rocked the world, emphasizing the revolutionary possibilities."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- "Yippie!"
- "Hell no! they shouldn't go!"
- "We had to destroy the town in order to save it"
- "The impossible dream": the new politics
- "We shall overcome": the dreamer
- "We all want to change the world": springtime of the young rebels
- "Burn, baby, burn": bearing witness and the Boston Five
- "You saw you want a revolution"
- "There's a man with a gun over there": the politics of assassination
- "The whole world is watching: czechago"
- "R-E-S-P-E-C-T": people power
- "The personal is political"
- "Goin' up the country": the new environmentalism
- "Your day, of course, is going to be over soon": the backlash
- "The revolution will not be televised": legacies and conclusion
- Appendix A: List of abbreviations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Cottrell, Robert C., 1950- 1968 :the rise and fall of the new American Revolution.
- ISBN:
- 9781538107751
- 1538107759
- OCLC:
- 1030447531
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