Berkeley at War: The 1960s

di W.J. Rorabaugh (Autore)

Oxford University Press Inc, 1992

Berkeley, California stood at the center of the political, social, and cultural upheaval that made the 1960s a unique period in American history. In Berkeley at War, W.J. Rorabaugh, who attended the graduate school of the University of California at Berkeley in the 1970s, presents a lively, informative account of the events that changed forever what had once been a quiet, conservative white suburb. Rorabaugh's meticulously researched, authoritative narrative covers the entire period, from the rise of the Free Speech Movement to the growth and increasing militance of a black community struggling to end segregation; from the emergence of radicalism and the anti-war movement to the blossoming "hippie" culture; and from the explosive conflict over People's Park to the beginnings of modern-day feminism and environmentalism. An invaluable account of its time and place, Berkeley at War anchors the sixties in American history, both before and since that colorful decade.

• Autore: W.J. Rorabaugh
• Editore: Oxford University Press Inc
• Anno: 1992
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 336 p.
• Dimensioni: 217 x 145 mm
• Peso: 435 gr.
• EAN: 9780195066678

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