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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, Penny (Penny W.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : ILR Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sociale klassen.
Vredesbeweging.
Protestbewegingen.
Vietnam-oorlog.
Social conflict.
Protest movements.
Peace movements.
Memory > Social aspects.
Collective memory.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Memoire collective > États-Unis.
Mouvements pacifistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Contestation > États-Unis.
Memory > Social aspects > United States.
Collective memory > United States.
Social conflict > United States > History > 20th century.
Peace movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Protest movements > United States.
Verenigde Staten.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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