Debating the 1960s: Liberal, Conservative, and Radical Perspectives

Debating the 1960s explores the decade through the controversies between radicals, liberals, and conservatives. The focus is on four main areas of contention: social welfare, civil rights, foreign relations, and social order. The book also examines the emergence of the New Left and the modern conservative movement. Combining analytical essays and historical documents, the book highlights the polarization of the era and assesses the enduring importance of the 1960s on contemporary American politics and society.

Author: Michael W. Flamm, David Steigerwald
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 08/20/2007
Pages: 220
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.22w x 0.65d
ISBN13: 9780742522138
ISBN10: 074252213X
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 20th Century

About the Author
Michael W. Flamm is associate professor of history at Ohio Wesleyan University. He is a scholar of modern U.S. political history with a research focus on the 1960s. He is the author of Law and Order: Street Crime, Civil Unrest, and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960s. He is currently researching and writing a book on the Harlem Riot of July 1964 entitled In the Heat of the Summer. David Steigerwald is associate professor of history at Ohio State University and teaches at the university's Marion Campus. Among his books is The Sixties and the End of Modern America. He is now finishing a book on American intellectuals and the affluent society.