America in the Sixties--Right, Left, and Center A Documentary History

Name: America in the Sixties--Right, Left, and Center A Documentary History
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ISBN: 9780275955168

ISBN-10: 0275955168

ISBN-13: 9780275955168

Edition: 1999

Authors: Peter B. Levy, Richard Wires

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Unlike other works, America in the Sixties looks at the era from the perspective of new leftists, liberals, and conservatives, providing readers with the opportunity to see this seminal decade more fully and richly than they could before. It includes the manifestos of both the Students for a Democratic Society and the Young Americans for Freedom, the most prominent radical and conservative student groups of the time, as well as the words of prominent liberals and moderate Republicans, such as Hubert Humphrey and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Further, in addition to selections by the well-known individuals of that era, such as Jerry Rubin and Tom Hayden, it contains pieces by figures often…

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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 12/30/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 342
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Introduction


The 1950s: Happy Days and Their Discontents


The End of American Innocence


The Black Freedom Struggle


The Great Society and Its Critics


Vietnam American Culture at a Crossroads


Women's Liberation and Other Movements Can the Center Hold?


Looking Backward


Appendix: The 1960s: A Statistical Profile


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