Berkeley at War: The 1960s - Softcover

Rorabaugh, W.J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195066677 ISBN 13: 9780195066678

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1990

Synopsis

Berkeley, California stood at the center of the political, social, and cultural upheaval that made the 1960s a unique period in American history. In Berkeley at War, W.J. Rorabaugh, who attended the graduate school of the University of California at Berkeley in the 1970s, presents a lively, informative account of the events that changed forever what had once been a quiet, conservative white suburb.
Rorabaugh's meticulously researched, authoritative narrative covers the entire period, from the rise of the Free Speech Movement to the growth and increasing militance of a black community struggling to end segregation; from the emergence of radicalism and the anti-war movement to the blossoming "hippie" culture; and from the explosive conflict over People's Park to the beginnings of modern-day feminism and environmentalism. An invaluable account of its time and place, Berkeley at War anchors the sixties in American history, both before and since that colorful decade.

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About the Author

W.J. Rorabaugh is Professor of History at the University of Washington. He is the author of The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition and The Craft Apprentice: From Franklin to the Machine Age.

From the Back Cover

Presents an invaluable account of its time and place, anchoring the sixties in American history, both before and since that colorful decade.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195066677
• ISBN 13: 9780195066678
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336