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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 p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lewis, Penny (Penny W.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : ILR Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Collective memory of Vietnam antiwar sentiment and protest
  • The movement's early years : fodder for the image
  • Countercurrents in the movement : complicating the class base
  • The "counter memory" : working class antiwar sentiment and action I : a rich man's war and a poor man's fight : labor against war
  • The "counter memory" : working class antiwar sentiment and action II : resistance and dissent within the armed forces : GIs and veterans join the movement
  • Anticipation of the class divide
  • "Elite doves" vs. "hardhats" : consolidation of the image.