America's Uncivil Wars The Sixties Era from Elvis to the Fall of Richard Nixon

Name: America's Uncivil Wars The Sixties Era from Elvis to the Fall of Richard Nixon
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ISBN: 9780195174977

ISBN-10: 0195174976

ISBN-13: 9780195174977

Edition: 2005

Authors: Mark Hamilton Lytle

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In contrast with most histories of this period, America's Uncivil Wars: The Sixties Era from Elvis to the Fall of Richard Nixon does not treat the 1960s as a single historical moment or as successive waves of activism. Rather, it employs a chronological narrative to identify three distinct phases during which events of the era unfolded. The first began with the cultural ferment of the 1950s and ended with the assassination of John F. Kennedy. During the second phase, from 1964-1968, the "uncivil" wars began in earnest: Americans disagreed about new social and cultural mores, protests against the Vietnam War increased in size and vehemence, and American cities erupted in racial violence.…

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List price: $119.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/10/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 9.09" wide x 5.98" long x 1.42" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The Era of Consensus, 1954-63



The Consensus



The Cultural Cold War



Cracks in the Consensus



The New Generation



The Cold War on the New Frontier



The Second Civil War



The Sixties, 1964-68



1964: Welcome to the 1960s



Teach-in, Strike Out: The Uncivil Wars Heat Up



The Great Freak Forward



A Very Bad Year Begins



A Bad Year Gets Worse: The Domestic War Front



The Rise of Essentialist Politics and the Fall of Richard Nixon, 1969-74



The Rise of Gender and Identity Politics



Identities of Race and Ethnicity



Taking on the System



The Uncivil Wars: Woodstock to Kent State



Watergate: The Last Battle


Epilogue: Who Won?


Notes on Sources