商品簡介
In this compelling book, political activist Hayden reminds us of the continuing social and political legacy of the Sixties. Hayden outlines a repeating historic pattern in which movements triumph over their era's political establishments, achieving social reforms while frustrating both revolutionaries and reactionaries. The Sixties fit this pattern, opening the political system to women and people of color, and leaving behind civil rights laws and the environmental movement and, at the same time, pulling back from leftist revolution and right-wing reaction. Only the assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King prevented the Sixties from ending with a progressive presidency propelled into power by social movement activism, Hayden argues, and the decade's achievement could not be rolled back even by the "Reagan Revolution" and the presidency of George W. Bush. This carefully researched and very accessible book should appeal to a wide range of readers. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
