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Kent State : Death and Dissent in the Long Sixties /
On May 4, 1970, National Guard troops opened fire on unarmed antiwar protesters at Kent State University in Ohio, killing four students and wounding nine others, including the author of this book. The shootings shocked the American public and triggered a nationwide wave of campus strikes and protest...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Prologue: May 4, 1970; 1. The Working Class Goes to College; 2. Democracy and Free Speech; 3. The Beginning of Wartime Dissent; 4. The Kent Committee to End the War in Vietnam; 5. Fire in the City, Vigils on the Campus; 6. Moving toward Resistance; 7. Election 1968; 8. Black and White (Alone) Together; 9. SDS Spring Offensive; 10. Months of Protest, Days of Rage; 11. Cambodia-A Match to the Last Straw; 12. "Right Here, Get Set, Point, Fire!"; 13. Aftermath; 14. Carry On; Epilogue: A Battlefield of Memory.
- Appendix: After the War-The Fates of Kent's Activist GenerationAcknowledgments; Notes; Index; Illustrations; Back Cover.