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In America in the Sixties, Greene goes beyond the clichés and synthesizes thirty years of research, writing, and teaching on one of the most turbulent decades of the twentieth century. Greene sketches the well-known players of the period—John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Betty Friedan—bringing each to life with subtle detail. He introduces the reader to lesser-known incidents of the decade and offers fresh and persuasive insights on many of its watershed events. Combining an engrossing narrative with intelligent analysis, America in the Sixties enriches our understanding of that pivotal era.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
  2. pp. i-vi
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xi-xv
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  1. 1. Comfort and Crisis: The 1950s
  2. pp. 1-19
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  1. 2. “The Torch Has Been Passed to a New Generation”: The Myths of John F. Kennedy
  2. pp. 20-39
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  1. 3. “We Shall Overcome”: Civil Rights in the South, 1960–1965
  2. pp. 40-62
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  1. 4. “We’ll Have the Opportunity to Move Upward”: The Great Society of Lyndon B. Johnson
  2. pp. 63-80
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  1. 5. “As American as Cherry Pie”: Civil Rights, 1965–1969
  2. pp. 81-96
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  1. 6. “Bodies upon the Gears”: The New Left and the New Feminism
  2. pp. 97-117
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  1. 7. “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy”: Vietnam, 1960–1967
  2. pp. 118-136
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  1. 8. “What It Is Ain’t Exactly Clear”: Sixties Culture, Straight and Counter
  2. pp. 137-159
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  1. 9. The Limits of Power: To Reform the Sixties
  2. pp. 160-181
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 183-200
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