| The World the Sixties Made: Politics and Culture in Recent America Contributor(s): Gosse, Van (Editor), Moser, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1592132006 ISBN-13: 9781592132003 Publisher: Temple University Press OUR PRICE: $66.98 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: How can we make sense of the fact that after decades of right wing political mobilizing the major social changes wrought by the Sixties are more than ever part of American life? "The World the Sixties Made, the first academic collection to treat the last quarter of the twentieth century as a distinct period of U.S. history, rebuts popular accounts that emphasize a conservative ascendancy. The essays in this volume survey a vast historical terrain to lease out the meaning of the not-so-long ago. They trace the ways in which recent U.S. culture and politics continue to be shaped by the legacy of the New Left's social movements, from feminism to gay liberation to black power. Together these essays demonstrate that the America that emerged in the 1970s was a nation profoundly even radically democratized. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Social History - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism |
| Dewey: 973.92 |
| LCCN: 2003044048 |
| Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.1" W x 9.46" (1.33 lbs) 338 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How can we make sense of the fact that after decades of right-wing political mobilizing the major social changes wrought by the Sixties are more than ever part of American life? "The World the Sixties Made, "the first academic collection to treat the last quarter of the twentieth century as a distinct period of U.S. history, rebuts popular accounts that emphasize a conservative ascendancy. The essays in this volume survey a vast historical terrain to tease out the meaning of the not-so-long ago. They trace the ways in which recent U.S. culture and politics continue to be shaped by the legacy of the New Left's social movements, from feminism to gay liberation to black power. Together these essays demonstrate that the America that emerged in the 1970s was a nation profoundly, even radically democratized. |