The sixties in America
Subtitle: history, politics, and protest
By: M.J. Heale.
Publisher: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: United States -- History -- 1961-1969.; United States -- Economic conditions -- 1961-1971.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-168) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction I; title: Part I; title: Spirit and Context 9; title: 1 The Spirit of the Sixties: An Age of Activism 1; title: 2 The Sixties in Perspective: Society, Economy and Polity 27; title: Part II; title: Politics at Home and Abroad 49; title: 3 The Politics of Hope: From Kennedy to Johnson 5; title: 4 The United States in the World: From Hubris to Humiliation 70; title: 5 The Politics of Reaction: From Johnson to Nixon 90; title: Part III; title: Popular Protest and New Movements 109; title: 6 The African American Revolt: From Civil Rights to Black Power 111; title: 7 Protest: Youth, Peace and Women's Movements 132; title: Conclusion 155.