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This is America?: The Sixties in Lawrence, Kansas - Softcover

Monhollon, R.

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9781403965745: This is America?: The Sixties in Lawrence, Kansas
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ISBN 10: 1403965749 ISBN 13: 9781403965745
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

Synopsis

Communities across America were thrown into upheaval during the 1960s, when thousands of young people began to publicly question the status quo, particularly in terms of race, youth, and gender. As grassroots social movements sprung up on college campuses (and often spread to surrounding towns) where participants debated race, the role of government, Vietnam, feminism, the Cold War, and other issues of the day, Americans that supported the status quo joined forces to oppose the activists and lend their own voices to the debate on the meaning of citizenship and patriotism. Monhollon uncovers the voices of ordinary people on all sides of the political spectrum in the university town of Lawrence, Kansas, and reveals how Americans from a range of ideological and political perspectives responded to and tried to resolve political and social conflict in the 1960s.

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About the Author

RUSTY L. MONHOLLON is Assistant Professor of History at Hood College.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1403965749
ISBN 13 
9781403965745
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
320
Rating
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