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Put Your Bodies upon the Wheels
Kenneth J. Heineman
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Description for Put Your Bodies upon the Wheels
Hardback. The causes, consequences, and follies of the sixties revolt. Series: American Ways Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBWS2; JNMN; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 404.
What began at colleges in the sixties as a rejection of parental authority and the Vietnam War rapidly evolved into a social movement, one with lasting influences in diverse areas of American life. As anti-Communist and Great Society Democrats lost control of the Vietnam War and the unrest in America's inner cities, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the chief organization of the campus-based New Left, gained strength, ending the decade with 100,000 members. From political protest, SDS and its faculty and intellectual allies moved to violent confrontation with university and government officials. Sit-ins, building takeovers, riots, and strikes hit ... Read more
What began at colleges in the sixties as a rejection of parental authority and the Vietnam War rapidly evolved into a social movement, one with lasting influences in diverse areas of American life. As anti-Communist and Great Society Democrats lost control of the Vietnam War and the unrest in America's inner cities, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the chief organization of the campus-based New Left, gained strength, ending the decade with 100,000 members. From political protest, SDS and its faculty and intellectual allies moved to violent confrontation with university and government officials. Sit-ins, building takeovers, riots, and strikes hit ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
American Ways Series
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566633512
SKU
V9781566633512
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Reviews for Put Your Bodies upon the Wheels
An informative analysis which explores the basic issues at the heart of student protests...a lively tone.
James A. Cox
Midwest Book Review
Heineman takes a statistic-filled romp through the campus-based counterculture.
Mike Tribby
Booklist
Presents a cogent view of the events that ultimately resulted in a conservative backlash.
Karl Helicher
Foreword Reviews ... Read more
James A. Cox
Midwest Book Review
Heineman takes a statistic-filled romp through the campus-based counterculture.
Mike Tribby
Booklist
Presents a cogent view of the events that ultimately resulted in a conservative backlash.
Karl Helicher
Foreword Reviews ... Read more