America divided : the civil war of the 1960s

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

In America Divided, Maurice Isserman and Michael Kazin provide the definitive history of the 1960s, in a book that tells a compelling tale filled with fresh and persuasive insights. Ranging from the 1950s right up to the debacle of Watergate, Isserman (a noted historian of the Left) and Kazin (a lea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Isserman, Maurice
Other Authors: Kazin, Michael, 1948-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
1961-1969
HISTORY.
Binnenlandse conflicten.
Sociale conflicten.
Cultuurconflicten.
15.85 history of America.
United States > History > 1961-1969.
United States
États-Unis > 1961-1969.
Etats-Unis > 1961-1969.
United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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