The 1960s: Key Themes and Documents

This volume serves as an invaluable study guide covering all of the key political, social, and cultural concepts of the turbulent 1960s.

The 1960s were a polarizing decade, beginning brightly and with hope but ending in disappointment and disarray. By the end, traditional values had been subverted, political institutions had been overturned, and marginalized groups had battled their own government to win equal rights and freedoms. The clear-cut foreign policies of the postwar era brought mix...