Counterculture of the 1960s (World History)

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Foreword......Page 5
Important Dates in the Time of American Counterculture of the 1960s......Page 7
Introduction - Marching to a Different Beat......Page 9
The Beats......Page 10
Inspiring a New Generation......Page 11
1. Exploring a New Frontier......Page 13
Ideas for a New Age......Page 15
Seeds of a New Student Movement......Page 19
The Struggle for Racial Equality......Page 21
The Erosion of Trust......Page 25
2. Raising the Stakes......Page 27
Pushing the Artistic Envelope......Page 29
A Wave of Student Activism......Page 33
The Sisterhood Steps Up......Page 37
The Battle for Civil Rights Intensifies......Page 38
Conflict in the Civil Rights Movement......Page 39
Violence on American Streets......Page 40
3. Turning On, Tuning In, Dropping Out......Page 43
Haight-Ashbury......Page 45
Leaving American Society Behind......Page 49
The Growing Antiwar Movement......Page 50
Young Americans Outside the Counterculture......Page 54
4. From Protest to Resistance......Page 57
Enter the Radicals......Page 58
Columbia: A University Under Siege......Page 60
World Protesters Find Common Cause......Page 62
Black Power......Page 64
Rage Boils Over......Page 66
Chicago......Page 68
5. The Counterculture Loses Its Way......Page 71
War in the Ghetto......Page 73
SDS Falls Apart......Page 74
The Weathermen......Page 76
Woodstock: Hope Emerges......Page 79
Altamont: Hope Fades......Page 81
Legacy of the Counterculture......Page 82
Notes......Page 85
For Further Reading......Page 88
Index......Page 90
Picture Credits......Page 96
About the Author......Page 97