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Hardhats, Hippies, and Hawks : The Vietnam Antiwar Movement as Myth and Memory /

In the popular imagination, opposition to the Vietnam War was driven largely by college students and elite intellectuals, while supposedly reactionary blue-collar workers largely supported the war effort. In Hardhats, Hippies, and Hawks, Penny Lewis challenges this collective memory of class polariz...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lewis, Penny (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2013]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Collective Memory of Vietnam Antiwar Sentiment and Protest
  • Part I. THE ANTIWAR MOVEMENT: A LIBERAL ELITE?
  • 2. Middle-Class Cultures and the Movement's Early Years
  • 3. Countercurrents in the Movement: Complicating the Class Base
  • 4. Countermemory I: "A Rich Man's War and a Poor Man's Fight"
  • 5 Countermemory II: GIs and Veterans Join the Movement
  • Part II. HARDHAT HAWKS?: WORKING-CLASS CONSERVATISM
  • 6. Anticipation of the Class Divide
  • 7. Hardhats versus Elite Doves: Consolidation of the Image
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index