frustration were actually present all along. What you won't find much of is the cynicism, apathy, smugness, defeatism, etc. of more recent times. Whatever is objectionable about some of the people you'll encounter in these selections, at least they had a sincerity about them, a desire to make their society and their world a better place, and a willingness to take action in accordance with their ideals. A few of them and their ideological descendants in the politically correct crowd have surely done more harm than good, but on the whole, they were on the right side of the vast majority of the issues they fought on, and even their quite limited successes have left us with slightly more freedom and justice, and slightly less war-tolerance than before they came along. Probably the best collection of primary documents relating to the period that's yet been published. An invaluable collection that's of use not only to scholars of the era, but to anyone with any interest at all in the 1960s, the political and social changes wrought during that decade, and the imprint they've left on today's consciousness. Bloom and Breines's selections and introductions are excellent. Highly recommended. This book is an anthology of numerous primary source statements, manifestos, and letters concerning events in America during the 1960's. "Takin it to the Streets" turned out to be very helpful for a class I took on this time period. There is so much here and that it boggles the mind. Almost all