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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Blaming the victim Blaming the victim Ryan, William Includes material on education, illegitimacy, health care, housing, criminal justice, repression, and reform. OL15134458W
Why We Can't Wait Why We Can't Wait Martin Luther King Jr.,J.D. Jackson In 1963, Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. launched the Civil Rights movement and demonstrated to the world the power of nonviolent direct action with this letter from Birmingham Jail.… OL1945932W
All falling faiths All falling faiths Wilkinson, J. Harvie III In this warm and intimate memoir Judge Wilkinson delivers a chilling message. The 1960s inflicted enormous damage on our country; even at this very hour we see the decade's imprint in so much of what… OL19711792W
"We'll never be young again" "We'll never be young again" Spencer Green,Charles W. Fries A compelling account of JFK's final days in addition to a running timeline to add a capsule view of other world news. OL20596537W
Gates of Eden Gates of Eden Morris Dickstein American culture of the 1960s. OL2684072W
The Paradigm Conspiracy The Paradigm Conspiracy Denise Breton The Paradigm Conspiracy refers to the methods by which "our Systems of Government, Church, School, and Culture Violate our Human Potential". The book asserts how a global crisis of addictions is the… OL2747820W
This nation shall endure This nation shall endure Ezra Taft Benson 152 p. ; 24 cm OL2775411W
The American Jewish community The American Jewish community Calvin Goldscheider This volume presents a sociological overview of the American Jewish community in the 1980's. OL2933178W
The greening of America The greening of America Charles A. Reich Examines a projected reaction of the American people in light of the betrayal and loss of the American dream, the rise of the Corporate State, and the way in which the State dominates, exploits, and … OL2935925W
The Culture of Narcissism The Culture of Narcissism Christopher Lasch Here is a penetrating view of the narcissistic personality of our time. Liberated from the superstitions of the past, it embraces new cults, only to discover that emancipation from ancient taboos bri… OL3264740W
Passages Passages Gail Sheehy Identifies patterns of age-related change and compares the developmental rhythms of men and women, deepening understanding of the stresses experienced by couples during the various stages of adult li… OL468725W
The Harvard Psychedelic Club The Harvard Psychedelic Club Don Lattin This book is the story of how three brilliant scholars and one ambitious freshman crossed paths in the early sixties at a Harvard-sponsored psychedelic-drug research project, transforming their lives… OL5752387W
Woodstock census Woodstock census Rex Weiner The nationwide survey of the 1960s generation. OL6561086W
Promise of a dream Promise of a dream Sheila Rowbotham "At the beginning of the decade Rowbotham was a rebellious sixteen-year-old at a Methodist boarding school in the north-east of England, reading Sartre and dreaming of Paris. By the end of the sixtie… OL810560W
Incognegro Incognegro Frank B. Wilderson III Winner of the 2008 American Book Award/Before Columbus Foundation In 1995, a South African journalist informed Frank Wilderson, one of only two Black American members of the African National Congr… OL9591874W