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Additional authors

1. Kazin, Michael, 1948-

Description

1. x, 358 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm

Summary

1. A history of the 1960s, discussing the social, cultural, and grassroots political movements that defined the decade, including the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Civil Rights Movement; and providing information about some of the people who spurred the era of change.

Subject

1. United States
2. United States > History > 1961-1969
3. History
4. 1961-1969

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Gathering of the forces -- Black ordeal, Black freedom -- The New Frontier of American liberalism -- Why did the United States fight in Vietnam? -- 1963 -- The rise of the Great Society -- 1965 -- The making of a youth culture -- The New Left -- The fall of the Great Society -- The conservative revival -- 1968 -- Many faiths : the '60s reformation -- No cease-fire : 1969-1974 -- Conclusion : winners and losers -- Critical events during the long 1960s.

Call number

1. ILH 00-6961

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-313) and index.

Author

1. Isserman, Maurice.

Title

1. America divided : the civil war of the 1960s / Maurice Isserman, Michael Kazin.

Imprint

1. New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-313) and index.

Connect to:

1. Table of contents
2. Book review (H-Net)
3. Contributor biographical information
4. Publisher description

Chronological term

1. 1961-1969

Added author

1. Kazin, Michael, 1948-

Other form:

1. Online version: Isserman, Maurice. America divided. New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 (OCoLC)657303318

LCCN

1. 99013711

ISBN

1. 0195091906 (acid-free paper)
2. 9780195091908 (acid-free paper)
3. 0195091914 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
4. 9780195091915 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)

Research call number

1. ILH 00-6961