America Divided The Civil War of the 1960s,9780195091908

America Divided The Civil War of the 1960s

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ISBN13: 9780195091908
ISBN10: 0195091906
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-11-18
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

In this revised edition of America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s, historians Maurice Isserman and Michael Kazin update their critically-acclaimed and popular account of on eo f the most tumultuous decades in American history. Drawing upon the latest scholarship, they include new insights into the Vietnam War, youth culture, and the lasting impact of the 1960s on American politics, culture, and society.

Author Biography


Maurice Isserman is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History at Hamilton College, and is the author of If I Had a Hammer: The Death of the Old Left and the Birth of the New Left. He lives in upstate New York. Michael Kazin is Professor of History at Georgetown University, and is the author of The Populist Persuasion: An American History and Barons of Labor. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Introduction 1(6)
Gathering of the Forces
7(16)
Black Ordeal, Black Freedom
23(24)
The New Frontier of American Liberalism
47(20)
Why Did the United States Fight in Vietnam?
67(16)
1963
83(20)
The Rise of the Great Society
103(24)
1965
127(20)
The Making of a Youth Culture
147(18)
The New Left
165(22)
The Fall of the Great Society
187(18)
The Conservative Revival
205(16)
1968
221(20)
Many Faiths: The '60s Reformation
241(20)
No Cease-Fire: 1969--1974
261(32)
Conclusion: Winners and Losers 293(8)
Critical Events During the Long 1960s 301(8)
Bibliographical Essay 309(6)
Notes 315(30)
Index 345

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