Generation on fire : voices of protest from the 1960s : an oral history /

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The political activism of the American counterculture during the 1960s remains a subject blighted by misconceptions and stereotypes. To many, the political thought of the 1960s is synonymous with widespread drug abuse, failed social experiments, and general irresponsibility. Despite sustained public...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kisseloff, Jeff
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2007.
Series:Sixties--primary documents and personal narratives, 1960-1974.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Political activists > United States > Interviews.
Interviews > United States.
Oral history.
Counterculture > United States > History > 20th century.
Protest movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Activistes > États-Unis > Entretiens.
Entretiens > États-Unis.
Histoire orale.
Contre-culture > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Contestation > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
oral histories (literary works)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Counterculture
Interviews
Oral history
Political activists
Politics and government
Protest movements
Social conditions
Politischer Protest
Gegenkultur
Protestbewegung
Protestbewegingen.
Activisme.
United States > History > 1961-1969 > Biography.
United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980.
United States > Politics and government > 1961-1963.
United States > Politics and government > 1963-1969.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1961-1969 > Biographies.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1960-1980.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1961-1963.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1963-1969.
United States
USA
Verenigde Staten.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Bernard LaFayette : freedom rider
  • Bob Zellner : the traitor
  • Gloria Richardson Dandridge : the militant
  • Paul Krassner : the realist
  • Lee Weiner : the revolutionary
  • Daniel Berrigan : peace preacher
  • David Cline : the vet
  • Peter Berg : the digger
  • Elsa Marley Skylark : the artist
  • Marilyn Salzman Webb : the feminist
  • Frank Kameny : the pioneer
  • Barry Melton : the guitarist
  • David Meggyesy : the linebacker
  • Verandah Porche : the queen of poesie
  • Doris Krause and Barry Levine : Allison's story.

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