{"product_id":"the-movement-and-the-sixties-9780195104578","title":"The Movement and the Sixties","description":"It began in 1960 with the Greensboro sit-ins. By 1973, when a few Native Americans rebelled at Wounded Knee and the U.S. Army came home from Vietnam, it was over. In between came Freedom Rides, Port Huron, the Mississippi Summer, Berkeley, Selma, Vietnam, the Summer of Love, Black Power, the\u003cbr\u003eChicago Convention, hippies, Brown Power, and Women's Liberation--The Movement--in an era that became known as The Sixties. Why did millions of Americans become activists; why did they take to the streets? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are questions Terry Anderson explores in \u003cem\u003eThe Movement and The Sixties\u003c\/em\u003e, a searching history of the social activism that defined a generation of young Americans and that called into question the very nature of America. Drawing on interviews, underground manuscripts collected at campuses and\u003cbr\u003earchives throughout the nation, and many popular accounts, Anderson begins with Greensboro and reveals how one event built upon another and exploded into the kaleidoscope of activism by the early 1970s. Civil rights, student power, and the crusade against the Vietnam War composed the first wave of\u003cbr\u003ethe movement, and during and after the rip tides of 1968, the movement changed and expanded, flowing into new currents of counterculture, minority empowerment, and women's liberation. The parades of protesters, along with schocking events--from the Kennedy assassination to My Lai--encouraged other\u003cbr\u003ecitizens to question their nation. Was America racist, imperialist, sexist? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnlike other books on this tumultuous decade, \u003cem\u003eThe Movement and The Sixties\u003c\/em\u003e is neither a personal memoir, nor a treatise on New Left ideology, nor a chronicle of the so-called leaders of the movement. Instead, it is a national history, a compelling and fascinating account of a defining era that\u003cbr\u003eremains a significant part of our lives today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terry H. Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.12w x 1.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195104578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerry Anderson\u003c\/strong\u003e, a Vietnam veteran, is a Professor of History at Texas A\u0026amp;M University, and also has taught in Malaysia, Japan, and has received a Fulbright to China. He has written many articles on the 1960s and on the Vietnam War, and is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe United States, Great Britain and the Cold\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eWar, 1944-1947\u003c\/em\u003e, and the co-author of \u003cem\u003eA Flying Tiger's Diary\u003c\/em\u003e (with fighter pilot Charles Bond, Jr.).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39929242026099,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_dbd08a4b-5ca3-4df8-88c5-ac00f4ce093d.jpg?v=1647612607","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-movement-and-the-sixties-9780195104578","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}