Social Movements of the 1960s: Searching for Democracy [Twayne's Social Movement Series]

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805797386 ISBN 13: 9780805797381

Publisher: Simon & Schuster MacMillan, 1990

Deftly analyzes the major protest movements of the 1960s involving women, blacks, the Vietnam War, and the New Left. The Social Movements Past and Present Series offers thorough analyses of the ideas and actions that have changed the way Americans think and live. Each volume is written by a specialist drawing on the insights and methodologies of history, sociology, and political science.

From Library Journal:

Burns, a historian currently working on the Martin Luther King papers at Stanford, deftly analyzes the major protest movements of the 1960s involving women, blacks, the Vietnam War, and the New Left. The discrepancy between textbook democracy and pervasive social and political injustice in the United States "impelled many blacks, women, and youth to close the gap between ideal and reality." Less certain, suggests Burns, are the long-term effects of these interconnected movements, each of which has lost its original fervor. Part of the publisher's impressive "Social Movements Past and Present" series, this is a solid contribution to the growing 1960s literature.
- Kenneth F. Kister, Poynter Inst. for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, Fla.
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