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Younger Than That Now: The Politics of Age in the 1960s
Holly V. Scott
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hardcover. Retrospectives of the 1960s routinely include the face of youth rebellion: long-haired students occupying campus buildings, young men burning draft cards, hippies dancing at Woodstock. In Younger Than That Now, Holly V. Scott explores how the idea of "youth" served as a tactic in the political and social activism of these years. Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFSP2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 494.
Retrospectives of the 1960s routinely include the face of youth rebellion: long-haired students occupying campus buildings, young men burning draft cards, hippies dancing at Woodstock. In Younger Than That Now, Holly V. Scott explores how the idea of “youth” served as a tactic in the political and social activism of these years. In the early part of that decade, young white activists began to learn from the civil rights movement’s defiance of racism. They examined their own lives and concluded that campus rules and the draft were repression as well. As a group, they were ripe for revolution, and their ... Read more
Retrospectives of the 1960s routinely include the face of youth rebellion: long-haired students occupying campus buildings, young men burning draft cards, hippies dancing at Woodstock. In Younger Than That Now, Holly V. Scott explores how the idea of “youth” served as a tactic in the political and social activism of these years. In the early part of that decade, young white activists began to learn from the civil rights movement’s defiance of racism. They examined their own lives and concluded that campus rules and the draft were repression as well. As a group, they were ripe for revolution, and their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Culture, Politics & the Cold War
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781625342164
SKU
V9781625342164
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About Holly V. Scott
Holly V. Scott is an adjunct professor of history at Eastern Mennonite University, USA.
Reviews for Younger Than That Now: The Politics of Age in the 1960s
Addresses head on the function and meaning of youth and youth culture in the era.""—Alexander Bloom, coeditor of Takin’ It to the Streets: A Sixties Reader ""This is a timely and important topic and I was impressed by the range of archival materials that Scott uncovered. Her deep immersion in the field shines through very clearly.""—John McMillian, author of ... Read more