And the Crooked Places Made Straight: The Struggle for Social Change in the 1960s (The American Moment) - Softcover

Chalmers, Professor David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801841747 ISBN 13: 9780801841743

Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991

Synopsis

"With its hint of passion and irony, the title of David Chalmers' book aptly captures the complexities of his study. Beautifully written, it is more than a recitation of the actors and events of the 1960s. It helps us to make sense of the decade."--Dan T. Carter, Emory University.

"Marvelously comprehensive and superbly written. An exceptionally valuable overview of the 1960s, replete with astute interpretations and commentary."--David J. Garrow, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

About this title

About the Author

During the 1960s, David Chalmers was Fulbright Professor at the universities of Sri Lanka, Tokyo, and the Philippines, and lectured in Vietnam and Korea. He went to jail in St. Augustine with Martin Luther King Jr., wrote a history of the Ku Klux Klan, Hooded Americanism, and worked for President Johnson's National Violence commission. He is Distinguished Service Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Florida.

From Library Journal

The dominant interpretation of 1960s America is expressed in titles of two leading histories of the decade: William O'Neill's Coming Apart ( LJ 7/71) and Allen Matusow's The Unraveling of America ( LJ 12/1/83). Now a more sanguine assessment is offered by Chalmers, who places greater emphasis upon positive legacies such as an altered national consciousness regarding women, race, and poverty, and an increase in citizen action. Yet his book is not a celebration of the Sixties, and in fact is less an attempt at new interpretation than at synthesis. Essentially a survey, the book's strength is a long bibliographical essay and close attention throughout the text to key writings. It will be useful as an undergraduate resource. Because O'Neill and Matusow both achieve stronger narratives, their books remain better choices for most public libraries.
- Robert F. Nardini, North Chichester, N.H.
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Edition details

• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0801841747
• ISBN 13: 9780801841743
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 248