Columbia Guide to America in the 1960s

David Farber is the author/editor of three books on the sixties including The Age of Great Dreams and Chicago '68. A professor of history at the University of New Mexico, he has been described by Alan Brinkley as the leading scholar in the field.Beth Bailey is the author of three books, including Sex in the Heartland- described by Carolyn See in the Washington Post as "a treasury of useful information"-and From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-Century America. She is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

• Part 1: The American Sixties: A Brief History John Kennedy and the Promise of Leadership The Civil Rights Revolution The Great Society The Vietnam War Polarization Sixties Culture Part 2: Debating the Sixties The Upheaval of Jim Crow: African Americans and the Struggle for Civil Rights in the 1960s, by Beth Tompkins Bates The New Left: Democratic Reformers or Left-Wing Revolutionaries?, by Doug Rossinow Losing Ground? The Great Society in Historical Perspective, by Edward Berkowitz Urban Uprisings: Riots or Rebellions?, by Heather Ann Thompson Explaining the Tragedy of Vietnam, by Richard H. Innerman The Women's Movement: Liberation for Whom?, by Beth Bailey Debating the Counterculture: Ecstasy and Anxiety over the Hip Alternative, by Michael Wm. Doyle Political Conservatism in the Sixties: Silent Majority or White Backlash?, by Jeff Roche The Sixties Legacy: "The Destructive Generation" or "Years of Hope"?, by David Farber Part 3: The Sixties A to Z Part 4: Short Topical Essays Part 5: Special Sections Part 6: Chronology Part 7: Annotated Bibliography

An accessible, state-of-the-art overview of the turbulent Sixties. Part narrative history and interpretation, part almanac, chronology, and glossary, the book offers an introspective yet entertaining investigation for those who remember the age as well as for those just being introduced to it. -- Karl Helicher Library Journal This book is a fine addition to any library's collection, so good that faculty may want their students to purchase a copy. If other volumes in the series are half so impressive, libraries may want the series on standing order. Choice It's hard to imagine a more useful multi-function library resource than this latest entry in the Columbia Guide series... everyone from 'the Greatest Generation'to that generation's great-grandchildren can learn something here. Booklist There are many books written about the United States during the 1960s; none are quite like this one.The Columbia Guide to America in the 1960s is a multi-purpose book. -- Jennifer Clark Australasian Journal of American Studies