The Times Were a Changin': The Sixties Reader Paperback - 1998
by Debi Unger; Irwin Unger
This compendium of essays, articles, speeches, and documents--from notable personalities and ordinary people--strips away the accumulated mythology of the 1960s and lets readers see and feel the tumultuous era with vivid immediacy.
First line
Affluence made possible the Sixties as we know it.
From the rear cover
This is a must-have anthology of the milestone speeches, manifestos, court decisions, and groundbreaking journalism of the Sixties. No other period in American history has been more liberating, more confusing, more unforgettable, and had a more direct impact on the way we navigated the profound changes that swept over the country in the following three decades.
From Betty Friedan to Barry Goldwater, from the formidable presence of the Kennedy brothers to the unimaginable influence of Woodstock, Pulitzer prize-winning author Irwin Unger and journalist Debi Unger present the complexities of a volatile and tumultuous decade, while explaining how and why each significant event took place and how it shifted the country's consciousness. From the antiwar movement to the moon race, from the burgeoning counterculture to the Warren and Berger courts, and from the civil rights movement to the 1968 presidential campaign, The Times Were a Changin' will tantalize and confound readers, while inspiring and enraging them as well. The Ungers provide us with a better understanding of the strategy and maneuvering of the 1960s war games--from the Bay of Pigs to the Tet Offensive. And the pieces they have chosen help us define the current of social intolerance that plagues our country to this day.
Balancing the controversial issues of the times with an even hand, the Ungers give equal time to William F. Buckley and Abbie Hoffman, Barry Goldwater and Hubert Humphrey, the Black Panthers and Martin Luther King, Jr., compiling an anthology that supplies rhyme and reason to a decade that never ceases to amaze us, endless in its capacity to be explored and understood.
From the jacket flap
This is a must-have anthology of the milestone speeches, manifestos, court decisions, and groundbreaking journalism of the Sixties. No other period in American history has been more liberating, more confusing, more unforgettable, and had a more direct impact on the way we navigated the profound changes that swept over the country in the following three decades.
From Betty Friedan to Barry Goldwater, from the formidable presence of the Kennedy brothers to the unimaginable influence of Woodstock, Pulitzer prize-winning author Irwin Unger and journalist Debi Unger present the complexities of a volatile and tumultuous decade, while explaining how and why each significant event took place and how it shifted the country's consciousness. From the antiwar movement to the moon race, from the burgeoning counterculture to the Warren and Berger courts, and from the civil rights movement to the 1968 presidential campaign, The Times Were a Changin' will tantalize and confound readers, while inspiring and enraging them as well. The Ungers provide us with a better understanding of the strategy and maneuvering of the 1960s war games--from the Bay of Pigs to the Tet Offensive. And the pieces they have chosen help us define the current of social intolerance that plagues our country to this day.
Balancing the controversial issues of the times with an even hand, the Ungers give equal time to William F. Buckley and Abbie Hoffman, Barry Goldwater and Hubert Humphrey, the Black Panthers and Martin Luther King, Jr., compiling an anthology that supplies rhyme and reason to a decade that never ceases to amaze us, endless in its capacity to be explored and understood.
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- Title The Times Were a Changin': The Sixties Reader
- Author Debi Unger; Irwin Unger
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY), New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date July 21, 1998
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780609803370 / 0609803379
- Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9.12 x 6.06 x 0.93 in (23.16 x 15.39 x 2.36 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects United States - History - 1961-1969 - Sources
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98186677
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.923
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 08/01/1998, Page 1958
- Library Journal, 07/01/1998, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 07/27/1998, Page 66
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