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Author/Creator:Cottrell, Robert C., 1950- author.
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Title:1968 : the rise and fall of the new American Revolution / Robert C. Cottrell and Blaine T. Browne.
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ISBN:9781538107751
1538107759
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Publication:Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2018
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Physical Description:xvii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Summary:"The year 1968 is recalled most of all as a year when revolution beckoned or threatened. On the 50th anniversary of that tumultuous year, cultural historians Robert Cottrell and Blaine T. Browne provide a well-informed, up-to-date synthesis of the events that rocked the world, emphasizing the revolutionary possibilities."--Provided by publisher.
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Other formats:Online version: Cottrell, Robert C., 1950- 1968 :the rise and fall of the new American Revolution. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
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BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents:"Yippie!" : Abbie, Jerry, and the politics of play -- "Hell no! They shouldn't go!" : Dr. Spock's children -- "We had to destroy the town in order to save it" : the impact of the Tet Offensive -- "The impossible dream" : the new politics -- "We shall overcome" : the dreamer -- "We all want to change the world" : springtime of the young rebels -- "Burn, baby, burn" : bearing witness and the Boston Five -- "You say you want a revolution" : radical politics and the counterculture -- "There's a man with a gun over there" : the politics of assassination -- "The whole world is watching : czechago" -- "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" : people power -- "The personal is political" : sexual revolutions -- "Goin' up the country" : the new environmentalism -- "Your day, of course, is going to be over soon" : the backlash -- "The revolution will not be televised" : legacies and conclusion -- Appendix A: List of abbreviations.
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Subjects:Nineteen sixty-eight, A.D.
Protest movements--United States--History--20th century.
New Left--United States--History--20th century.
Radicalism--United States--History--20th century.
Revolutionaries--United States--History--20th century.
Political activists--United States--History--20th century.
Youth movements--United States--History--20th century.
Social movements--United States--History--20th century.
New Left.
Nineteen sixty-eight, A.D.
Political activists.
Politics and government.
Protest movements.
Radicalism.
Revolutionaries.
Social conditions.
Social movements.
Youth movements.
United States--Politics and government--1961-1963.
United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.
United States.
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Also listed under:Browne, Blaine T. (Blaine Terry), author.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13667989