Long Time Gone: Sixties America Then and Now

by Alexander Bloom (Editor)

Overview

With remarkable speed, the Sixties have gone from lived history to mythology. They remain alive in our culture in a manner different from any previous era. At the dawn of a new century, we are still debating the issues that emerged during that decade, still living in the conscious aftermath of its events and transformations. This collection looks back at the Sixties, attempting to understand the issues of the day on their own terms and to think about their meanings in today's world. Alexander Bloom has gathered ten original essays, each of which explores the gulf between history and myth regarding a central characteristic of the Sixties. Topics covered include civil rights, the student movement and the New Left, the Vietnam War, the antiwar movement, gay rights, the counterculture, and the women's movement. Long Time Gone dispels myths about the Sixties and constructs an accurate vision of the past and an understanding of its impact on the modern world. It is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking deeper knowledge of this incredible decade and its continuing influence on American culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198028949
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/03/2001
Series:	Viewpoints on American Culture
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Lexile:	1440L (what's this?)
File size:	653 KB

About the Author

Alexander Bloom is Professor of History and American Studies at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. He is the author of Prodigal Sons: The New York Intellectuals and Their World (Oxford, 1986) and co-editor of "Takin' It to the Streets": A Sixties Reader (Oxford, 1995).

Table of Contents

	Sixties Timeline	xi
	Introduction: Why Read about the 1960s at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century?	3
	The Movement We Helped to Make	11
	"Of This Generation": The New Left and the Student Movement	23
	Vietnam War Mythology and the Rise of Public Cynicism	47
	Running Battle: Washington's War at Home	75
	Lyndon Johnson and the Roots of Contemporary Conservatism	99
	Negroes No More: The Emergence of Black Student Activism	123
	Everything Seemed Beautiful: A Life in the Counterculture	145
	Politics as Art, Art as Politics: The Freedom Singers, the Living Theatre, and Public Performance	159
	Sources of the Second Wave: The Rebirth of Feminism	189
	Placing Gay in the Sixties	209