Title 1968 : the rise and fall of the new American Revolution / Robert C. Cottrell and Blaine T. Browne.

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Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]

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Description	xvii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Subject	United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963.
	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.
	United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980.
	New Left. (OCoLC)fst01036751
	Nineteen sixty-eight, A.D. (OCoLC)fst01037820
	Political activists. (OCoLC)fst01069192
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Protest movements. (OCoLC)fst01079826
	Radicalism. (OCoLC)fst01087015
	Revolutionaries. (OCoLC)fst01096578
	Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
	Social movements. (OCoLC)fst01122657
	Youth movements. (OCoLC)fst01716075
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Browne, Blaine T. (Blaine Terry), author.
Other Form:	Online version: Cottrell, Robert C., 1950- 1968 :the rise and fall of the new American Revolution. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] 9781538107768 (DLC) 2018015324
ISBN	9781538107751 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)
	1538107759 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)

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