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Debating the 1960s
Flamm, Michael W.; Steigerwald, David
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Description for Debating the 1960s
Paperback. Explores the decade through the controversies between radicals, liberals, and conservatives. This book focuses on four main areas of contention social welfare; civil rights; foreign relations; and social order. It also examines the emergence of the New Left and the modern conservative movement. Series: Debating Twentieth-Century America. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBTB; JH; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 345.
The conventional interpretation of the 1960s emphasizes how liberal, even radical, the decade was. It was, after all, the age of mass protests against the Vietnam War and social movements on behalf of civil rights and women's rights. It was also an era when the counterculture challenged many of the values and beliefs held by morally traditional Americans. But a newer interpretation stresses how truly polarized the 1960s were. It portrays how radicals, liberals, and conservatives repeatedly clashed in ideological combat for the hearts and minds of Americans. Millions in the center and on the right contested the counterculture, defended ... Read more
The conventional interpretation of the 1960s emphasizes how liberal, even radical, the decade was. It was, after all, the age of mass protests against the Vietnam War and social movements on behalf of civil rights and women's rights. It was also an era when the counterculture challenged many of the values and beliefs held by morally traditional Americans. But a newer interpretation stresses how truly polarized the 1960s were. It portrays how radicals, liberals, and conservatives repeatedly clashed in ideological combat for the hearts and minds of Americans. Millions in the center and on the right contested the counterculture, defended ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Series
Debating Twentieth-Century America
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742522138
SKU
V9780742522138
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About Flamm, Michael W.; Steigerwald, David
Michael W. Flamm is associate professor of history at Ohio Wesleyan University. He is a scholar of modern U.S. political history with a research focus on the 1960s. He is the author of Law and Order: Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960s. He is currently researching and writing a book on the Harlem Riot ... Read more
Reviews for Debating the 1960s
This is a splendid survey of the three-cornered conflict that still shapes American politics and culture. It should be required reading in classrooms around the nation.
Michael Kazin, co-author of America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s This is, in fact, an excellent tool for the undergraduate classroom. . . . The two essays are useful and clear. ... Read more
Michael Kazin, co-author of America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s This is, in fact, an excellent tool for the undergraduate classroom. . . . The two essays are useful and clear. ... Read more