Description: Reframing 1968 by Martin Halliwell, Nick Witham Reframing 1968 explores the historical, political and social legacy of 1968 in modern protest movements. 14 interdisciplinary essays look at how protest has changed in the US, from Students for a Democratic Society and the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1960s, to the Womens Movement in the 1970s, through to the Tea Party and Occupy. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr and Robert Kennedy. Gay rights, womens rights and civil rights. The Black Panthers and the Vietnam War. The New Left and the New Right. 1968 was a tumultuous year for US politics. 50 years on, Reframing 1968 explores the historical, political and social legacy of 1968 in modern protest movements. 14 interdisciplinary essays look at how protest has changed in the US, from Students for a Democratic Society and the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1960s, to the Womens Movement in the 1970s, through to the contemporary visibility of the Tea Party and the Occupy movement. Back Cover An essential fifty-year retrospective of 1968 as a defining moment in activism and radical politicsFew years have so stirred, divided, and haunted America as 1968: a war gone horribly wrong, revered leaders assassinated, ghettoes on fire, social movements oscillating wildly between hope and despair. The contributors to this stellar collection both recreate the intensity of that moment and incisively assess its significance for all that has happened since. Deeply probing, unsettling, and illuminating. Gary Gerstle, Paul Mellon Professor of American History, University of Cambridge In 1968, a series of local, national and global upheavals coalesced to produce some of the most consequential protest movements in the history of the United States. By examining the impact of 1968 on the shape of American politics, culture and identity, this volume offers a major fiftieth-anniversary retrospective of this watershed year for activism and radical politics. Reframing 1968 brings together a collection of new interdisciplinary essays by leading historians that focus on questions of race, gender, class, sexuality, war, democracy, urban demonstrations, campus radicalism, and the culture of protest. Martin Halliwell is Professor of American Studies in the Centre for American Studies and School of Arts at the University of Leicester.Nick Witham is Lecturer in US Political History at the Institute of the Americas, University College London.Cover image and design: Flap An essential fifty-year retrospective of 1968 as a defining moment in activism and radical politicsFew years have so stirred, divided, and haunted America as 1968: a war gone horribly wrong, revered leaders assassinated, ghettoes on fire, social movements oscillating wildly between hope and despair. The contributors to this stellar collection both recreate the intensity of that moment and incisively assess its significance for all that has happened since. Deeply probing, unsettling, and illuminating.Gary Gerstle, Paul Mellon Professor of American History, University of CambridgeIn 1968, a series of local, national and global upheavals coalesced to produce some of the most consequential protest movements in the history of the United States. By examining the impact of 1968 on the shape of American politics, culture and identity, this volume offers a major fiftieth-anniversary retrospective of this watershed year for activism and radical politics. Reframing 1968 brings together a collection of new interdisciplinary essays by leading historians that focus on questions of race, gender, class, sexuality, war, democracy, urban demonstrations, campus radicalism, and the culture of protest.Martin Halliwell is Professor of American Studies in the Centre for American Studies and School of Arts at the University of Leicester.Nick Witham is Lecturer in US Political History at the Institute of the Americas, University College London.Cover image and design: Author Biography Martin Halliwell is Professor of American Thought and Culture and Head of the School of Arts at the University of Leicester. His authored books include Voices of Mental Health: Medicine, Politics, and American Culture, 1970-2000 (Rutgers University Press, 2017), Therapeutic Revolutions: Medicine, Psychiatry, and American Culture, 1945-1970 (Rutgers University Press, 2013), American Culture in the 1950s (Edinburgh University Press, 2007) and Transatlantic Modernism (Edinburgh University Press, 2005). Nick Witham is Lecturer in US Political History at the Institute of the Americas, University College London. He is a historian of the twentieth-century United States with a focus on the politics and culture of protest and dissent since the 1960s. He is the author of The Cultural Left and the Reagan Era: US Protest and Central American Revolution (I.B. Tauris, 2015). Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: 1968: A Year of Protest Martin Halliwell and Nick Witham Part 1: Politics of Protest 1. The New Left: The American Impress Doug Rossinow 2. 1968 and the Fractured Right Elizabeth Tandy Shermer 3. The Irony of Protest: Vietnam and the Path to Permanent War Andrew Preston 4. Life Writing, Protest and the Idea of 1968 Nick Witham Part 2: Spaces of Protest 5. On Fire: The City and American Protest in 1968 Daniel Matlin 6. Centring the Yard: Student Protest on Campus in 1968 Stefan M. Bradley 7. The Ceremony is About to Begin: Performance and 1968 Martin Halliwell 8. 1968: A Pivotal Moment in Cinema Sharon Monteith Part 3: Identities and Protest 9. 1968: The End of the Civil Rights Movement? Stephen Tuck 10. Gay Liberation and the Spirit of 68 Simon Hall 11. The Womens Movement in 1968 and Beyond Anne M. Valk 12. Organizing for Economic Justice in the Late 1960s Penny Lewis Conclusion: The Memory of 1968 Stephen J. Whitfield Index Review In Reframing 1968: American Politics, Protest and Identity, editors Martin Halliwell and Nick Witham offer a percipient volume of essays exploring the social and cultural cross-currents in the making of an iconic year and decade ... Through its robust investigation of the socio-economic dimensions of power and protest, Reframing 1968 complicates and enhances our understanding of 1968 as a unique inflection point in history - and one still contested in academic, social and political circles.--Jeff Roquen "LSE Review of Books"Separated into three sections, Reframing 1968 cleverly refrains from a predictable plod through the overfamiliar events of the year. Instead, the collections authors rethink and reposition 1968 in terms of both its context and its meaning ... Consistently fascinating, Reframing 1968 is an excellent primer for readers seeking both a guide to this crucial year and a wider examination of major trends in American social, cultural and political history. It deserves a large audience.--Joe Street, Northumbria University "History Today" Review Quote "Separated into three sections, Reframing 1968 cleverly refrains from a predictable plod through the overfamiliar events of the year. Instead, the collections authors rethink and reposition 1968 in terms of both its context and its meaning $e Promotional "Headline" The first 50-year retrospective of the most tumultuous year of the 1960s for activism and radical politics Description for Reader The first 50-year retrospective of the most tumultuous year the 1960s for activism and radical politics The assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr and Robert Kennedy. Gay rights, womens rights and civil rights. The Black Panthers and the Vietnam War. The New Left and the New Right. 1968 was a tumultuous year for US politics. 50 years on, Reframing 1968 explores the historical, political and social legacy of 1968 in modern protest movements. The contributors look at how protest has changed in the US, from Students for a Democratic Society and the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1960s, to the Womens Movement in the 1970s, through to the contemporary visibility of the Tea Party and the Occupy movement. 14 new interdisciplinary essays investigate the legacy of modern protest movements in the United States Gives you a micro-history of 1968, framed within a broader historical and political understanding of modern protest Spans political trends, social movements, public figures, ideologies and cultural channels Contributors Stefan M. Bradley , Saint Louis University, Missouri, USA. Simon Hall , University of Leeds, UK. Martin Halliwell , University of Leicester, UK. Penny Lewis , City University of New York, USA. Daniel Matlin , Kings College London, UK. Sharon Monteith , Nottingham Trent University, UK. Andrew Preston , University of Cambridge, UK. Doug Rossinow , University of Oslo, Norway. Elizabeth Tandy Shermer , Loyola University Chicago, USA. Stephen Tuck , University of Oxford, UK. Anne M. Valk , Williams College, Massachusetts, USA. Stephen J. Whitfield , Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA. Nick Witham , Institute of the Americas, University College London, UK. Description for Teachers/Educators Protest Politics; 20th Century History; American Studies; Cultural Studies Details ISBN0748698930 Pages 332 Publisher Edinburgh University Press Year 2018 ISBN-10 0748698930 ISBN-13 9780748698936 Format Hardcover Short Title Reframing 1968 Language English Subtitle American Politics, Protest and Identity DEWEY 303.484097309046 Publication Date 2018-01-31 UK Release Date 2018-01-31 Imprint Edinburgh University Press Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 17 B/W illustrations NZ Release Date 2018-01-31 Author Nick Witham Edited by Nick Witham Audience General AU Release Date 2018-05-01 Alternative 9780748698950 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:144721092;
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