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America divided : the civil war of the 1960s

Author: Maurice Isserman; Michael Kazin
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A history of the 1960s, discussing the social, cultural, and grassroots political movements that defined the decade, including the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Civil Rights Movement; and providing information about some of the people who spurred the era of change.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Isserman, Maurice.
America divided.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2000
(OCoLC)657303318
Named Person: Michael Kazin
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Maurice Isserman; Michael Kazin
ISBN: 0195091906 9780195091908 0195091914 9780195091915
OCLC Number: 40762599
Description: x, 358 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
Responsibility: Maurice Isserman, Michael Kazin.
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A history of the 1960s, discussing the social, cultural, and grassroots political movements that defined the decade, including the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Civil Rights Movement; and providing information about some of the people who spurred the era of change.

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