Review
"... The time is long overdue for serious scholars to look thoughtfully at events of that period, in particular of those events that happened in local communities... -- Ken Wachsberger. editor of Voices from the Underground: Insider Histories of the Vietnam Era Underground Press
"This is a provocative and well-conceived selection of essays that will fill in a number of gaps in scholarship about the 1960s..." -- Alon Void, University of Michigan
"This is a provocative and well-conceived selection of essays that will fill in a number of gaps in scholarship about the 1960s..." -- Alon Void, University of Michigan
From the Inside Flap
In this exciting new anthology on the 1960s, Barbara Tischler provides a basis for understanding the historical and cultural legacy of that decade. She brings together a group of scholars from a variety of disciplines, including American studies, anthropology, film studies, history, literature, sociology, and theater. Tischler notes how their contributions, taken separately and together, transcend the 'good sixties/bad sixties' typology that has pervaded past analyses of the period. Contributors focus on campus activism and countercultural activities at a number of universities, off-campus forms of counterculture, and leaders like Abbie Hoffman. There is a section on culture, covering film, the arts, public protests, and street theater. Other contributions cover the women's movement, antiwar activism in the armed forces, the relationship between activism and mainstream politics, the split between the Old Left and the New Left, and the legacies of the 1960s. Although some authors deal with movement leaders and great events, the majority write about lesser-known events and people, to add depth and balance to our understanding of the decade.
