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Takin' It to the Streets: A Sixties Reader
Contributor(s): Bloom, Alexander (Author)

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 ISBN: 0190250704     ISBN-13: 9780190250706
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $83.99  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: November 2015
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - 20th Century
Dewey: 973.92
LCCN: 2016301786
Lexile Measure: 1210
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 9.1" L (1.75 lbs) 576 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Bibliography
 
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Publisher Description:
The fourth edition of Takin' it to the streets revises the comprehensive collection of primary documents from the 1960s that has become the leading reader about the era. Adopted nationwide, this anthology brings together representative writings, many of which had been unavailable for years or
had never been reprinted. Drawn from mainstream sources, little-known sixties periodicals, pamphlets, public speeches, and personal voices, the selections range from the Port Huron Statement and the NOW Bill of Rights to speeches by Malcolm X, Richard Nixon, Robert Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan, to
private letters from civil rights workers and Vietnam soldiers.

Introductions and headnotes by the editors highlight the importance of particular documents, relating them to each other and placing them within the broader context of the decade. The book focuses on civil rights, Black Power, the counterculture, the women's movement, anti-war activity, gay and
lesbian struggles, and the conservative current that ran counter to more typical sixties movements. These include both topics that fell outside the daily attention of the media and those that made front-page news. Covering an extremely popular period of history, Takin' it to the streets remains the
most accessible and authoritative reader of an extraordinary decade, one unlike any America had seen before or has experienced since.

New to This Edition

* A new section on John F. Kennedy, including Norman Mailer's 1960 assessment of JFK
* New selections on Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and the Underground Press
* A new chapter of assessments and on the legacy of the 1960s, including articles by Howard Zinn, Fred Barnes, Arthur Schlesinger, and Michael Kazin
 
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