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- catalog abstract "Our political and personal lives continue to be lived in the broad wake of the 1960s. Basic conflicts came to the fore in that decade and continue to define our politics: more egalitarian race and gender relations; a new openness with respect to sexuality; greater concern for the environment; higher rates of divorce, drug abuse, and crime; and a greater willingness to challenge authority of all kinds. For some, America in the 1960s finally took seriously its founding. Commitments to freedom and equality. For others, the cultural changes wrought by that decade are destroying the moral infrastructure on which a healthy liberal democracy depends. All agree that America was irrevocably changed as a result of this tumultuous period. This collection brings together original essays by America's leading political thinkers on such topics as gender roles, sexuality, the family, education, and race. They take stock of the deep changes brought. About by the 1960s and assess the impact of these changes on the health of America. The juxtaposition of these commentaries spanning the ideological spectrum makes for highly provocative and engaging reading.".
- catalog alternative "Reassessing the sixties".
- catalog contributor b9676991.
- catalog coverage "United States History 1961-1969.".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "About by the 1960s and assess the impact of these changes on the health of America. The juxtaposition of these commentaries spanning the ideological spectrum makes for highly provocative and engaging reading.".
- catalog description "Commitments to freedom and equality. For others, the cultural changes wrought by that decade are destroying the moral infrastructure on which a healthy liberal democracy depends. All agree that America was irrevocably changed as a result of this tumultuous period. This collection brings together original essays by America's leading political thinkers on such topics as gender roles, sexuality, the family, education, and race. They take stock of the deep changes brought.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Our political and personal lives continue to be lived in the broad wake of the 1960s. Basic conflicts came to the fore in that decade and continue to define our politics: more egalitarian race and gender relations; a new openness with respect to sexuality; greater concern for the environment; higher rates of divorce, drug abuse, and crime; and a greater willingness to challenge authority of all kinds. For some, America in the 1960s finally took seriously its founding.".
- catalog description "The legacy of the late sixties / Harvey C. Mansfield -- Feminism : where the spirit of the sixties lives on / Jeremy Rabkin -- Women in the sixties / Martha C. Nussbaum -- Whatever happened to children's rights? / Martha Minow -- The destructive sixties and postmodern conservatism / Sheldon Wolin -- The assault on the universities : then and now / Walter Berns -- Two cheers for professionalism : the 1960's, the university, and me / Alan Wolfe -- The half-life of integration / Anita LaFrance Allen -- Reflections on black power / Randall Kennedy -- What the civil rights movement was and wasn't : (with notes on Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X) / Cass R. Sunstein -- Afterword / Todd Gitlin.".
- catalog extent "vi, 297 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0393039404".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : W.W. Norton,".
- catalog spatial "United States History 1961-1969.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.922 20".
- catalog subject "E841 .R43 1997".
- catalog subject "Nineteen sixties.".
- catalog subject "Social movements United States History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The legacy of the late sixties / Harvey C. Mansfield -- Feminism : where the spirit of the sixties lives on / Jeremy Rabkin -- Women in the sixties / Martha C. Nussbaum -- Whatever happened to children's rights? / Martha Minow -- The destructive sixties and postmodern conservatism / Sheldon Wolin -- The assault on the universities : then and now / Walter Berns -- Two cheers for professionalism : the 1960's, the university, and me / Alan Wolfe -- The half-life of integration / Anita LaFrance Allen -- Reflections on black power / Randall Kennedy -- What the civil rights movement was and wasn't : (with notes on Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X) / Cass R. Sunstein -- Afterword / Todd Gitlin.".
- catalog title "Reassessing the sixties : debating the political and cultural legacy / Stephen Macedo, editor.".
- catalog title "Reassessing the sixties".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".