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Law and Order: Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960s
Michael W. Flamm
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Description for Law and Order: Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960s
Paperback. Offers a study of the political and social history of the 1960s. This book presents an account of how the issues of street crime and civil unrest enhanced the popularity of conservatives, eroded the credibility of liberals, and transformed the landscape of American politics. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Law and Order offers a valuable new study of the political and social history of the 1960s. It presents a sophisticated account of how the issues of street crime and civil unrest enhanced the popularity of conservatives, eroded the credibility of liberals, and transformed the landscape of American politics. Ultimately, the legacy of law and order was a political world in which the grand ambitions of the Great Society gave way to grim expectations. In the mid-1960s, amid a pervasive sense that American society was coming apart at the seams, a new issue known as law and order emerged ... Read more
Law and Order offers a valuable new study of the political and social history of the 1960s. It presents a sophisticated account of how the issues of street crime and civil unrest enhanced the popularity of conservatives, eroded the credibility of liberals, and transformed the landscape of American politics. Ultimately, the legacy of law and order was a political world in which the grand ambitions of the Great Society gave way to grim expectations. In the mid-1960s, amid a pervasive sense that American society was coming apart at the seams, a new issue known as law and order emerged ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231115131
SKU
V9780231115131
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About Michael W. Flamm
Michael W. Flamm is associate professor of history at Ohio Wesleyan University and the coauthor of The Chicago Handbook for Teachers and Debating the 1960s. Michael Flamm is Associate Professor of History at Ohio Wesleyan Universtiy. He is co-author of The Chicago Handbook of Teaching (University of Chicago Press, 1999). He received his Ph.D. at Columbia University.
Reviews for Law and Order: Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960s
Recommended. Choice Meticulously documented... an important contribution to the literature on the 1960s era and its link to today's political discourse.
Edward P. Morgan Political Science Quarterly Law and Order is essential reading for anyone interested in American society during the 1960s
James Miller Journal of American Studies A cohesive study of the politics-law-and-order nexus.
John C. ... Read more
Edward P. Morgan Political Science Quarterly Law and Order is essential reading for anyone interested in American society during the 1960s
James Miller Journal of American Studies A cohesive study of the politics-law-and-order nexus.
John C. ... Read more