Long Sixties - America, 1955 - 1973

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Strain is Professor of History & American Studies at the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of Pure Fire: Self-Defense as Activism in the Civil Rights Era (2005), Burning Faith: Church Arson in the American South (2008), and Reload: Rethinking Violence in American Life (2010). Klappentext The Long Sixties is a concise and engaging treatment of the major political, social, and cultural developments of this tumultuous period.* A comprehensive yet concise overview that offers coverage of a variety of topics, from the beginnings of the Cold War shortly after World War II, through the civil rights, women's, and Chicano civil rights movements, to Watergate, an event that transpired in 1974 but capped the "Long Sixties."* A detached and unprejudiced look at this turbulent decade, that is both lively and revelatory* Timelines are included to help students understand how particular episodes transpired in quick succession, and how topics intertwined and overlapped* Nicely complemented by Brian Ward's The 1960s: A Documentary Reader (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), The Long Sixties book matches the documentary reader chapter-by-chapter in theme and periodization Zusammenfassung The Long Sixties is a concise and engaging treatment of the major political, social, and cultural developments of this tumultuous period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: The Long Sixties viAcknowledgments xi1 The Fifties: Tranquility in Turmoil 12 From New Frontier to Great Society 183 The Cold War 304 The Civil Rights Movement 455 The Student Rebellion 636 The Vietnam Quagmire 777 Sex, Gender, and the New Feminism 938 Revolutions Left and Right 1099 Small Steps, Giant Leaps, New Concerns 13110 Minority Empowerment: From Margin to Mainstream 14611 Sucking in the Seventies (or, That 70s Chapter) 16212 Legacies 177Index 000

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• Autori: Christopher B Strain, Christopher B. Strain, Christopher B. (Florida Atlantic Universit Strain, Strain Christopher B.
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.05.2016
• EAN: 9780470673638
• ISBN: 978-0-470-67363-8
• Pagine: 224
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 230 mm x 12 mm
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); Geschichte, History, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, c 1950 to c 1959, Amerika im 20. Jahrhundert, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1970 to c 1980, 20th Century America, USA /Geschichte, Politik 1945 ff