The Activist 1960s
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9026-1 (ISBN)
Throughout the Long Sixties, which spanned much of the seemingly quiescent 1950s and continued into the 1970s, progressive activists sought to change American policy both foreign and domestic. Beginning with a civil rights crusade that later expanded to a campaign against the Vietnam War, the movement eventually splintered into a series of focuses: racial, ethnic, demographic, political, cultural, gender-based and environmental.
This work details activists' efforts to ensure basic rights through fostering civic engagement. Chapters demonstrate how the various campaigns within the movement were all successful to some extent, but none brought about the results that many desired. Nonetheless, they contributed to a more open, egalitarian, participatory and emancipated nation that is still being shaped today.
A professor emeritus of history and American studies at California State University, Chico, Robert C. Cottrell is the author of more than twenty books, including studies of the counterculture, the year 1968, American radicalism, black baseball and the World War II smokejumpers.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. The Movement Begins
2. The Impact of the Anti-Hero, High and Low
3. The Revolt of the Young
4. Striving for the Beloved Community
5. Contending with the Kennedy Administration
6. Mounting Frustration in the Civil Rights Camp: Martin, Malcolm, and Mississippi Freedom Summer
7. Anger Rising and the Radicalization of Movement Activists
8. Martin, Malcolm, and Bob
9. Envisioning Participatory Democracy
10. Early Opposition to War in Southeast Asia
11. Teach-Ins, Naming That System, and a New SDS
12. The New Wave
13. Resistance
14. The American Counterculture
15. Marching Toward the Pentagon
16. Consciousness Raising
17. Season of the Witch
18. The Fading of the New Politics
19. Counterrevolution and Revolution
20. Liberation
21. Brown Power, Red Power, Yellow Power
22. People’s Power of a Different Cast
23. The Waning of the Movement but the Fight for Empowerment Continued
24. The Movement: A Very Brief Retrospective
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.05.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 62 photos, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 626 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-9026-X / 147669026X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-9026-1 / 9781476690261 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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