A Generation Divided: The New Left, the New Right, and the 1960s (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520217140)

The 1960s was not just an era of civil rights, anti-war protest, women's liberation, hippies, marijuana, and rock festivals. The untold story of the 1960s is in fact about the New Right. For young conservatives the decade was about Barry Goldwater, Ayn Rand, an important war in the fight against communism, and Young Americans for Freedom (YAF). In A Generation Divided, Rebecca Klatch examines the generation that came into political consciousness during the 1960s, telling the story of both the New Right and the New Left, and including the voices of women as well as men. The result is a riveting narrative of an extraordinary decade, of how politics became central to the identities of a generation of people, and how changes in the political landscape of the 1980s and 1990s affected this identity.

Author: Rebecca E. Klatch
ISBN-10: 0520217144
ISBN-13: 9780520217140
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 10/20/1999
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.09w x 1.11d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/1999 pg. 1474
Library Journal 04/01/2000