{"product_id":"the-times-they-were-a-changin-1964-the-year-the-sixties-arrived-and-the-battle-lines-of-today-were-drawn-hardcover","title":"The Times They Were A-Changin': 1964, the Year the Sixties Arrived and the Battle Lines of Today Were Drawn - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert S. McElvaine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning historian on the transformative year in the sixties that continues to reverberate in our lives and politics--for readers of Heather Cox Richardson.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf 1968 marked a turning point in a pivotal decade, 1964--or rather, the long 1964, from JFK's assassination in November 1963 to mid-1965--was the time when the sixties truly arrived. It was then that the United States began a radical shift toward a much more inclusive definition of \"American,\" with a greater degree of equality and a government actively involved in social and economic improvement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was a radical shift accompanied by a cultural revolution. The same month Bob Dylan released his iconic ballad \"The Times They Are a-Changin',\" January 1964, President Lyndon Johnson announced his War on Poverty. Spurred by the civil rights movement and a generation pushing for change, the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and the Immigration and Nationality Act were passed during this period. This was a time of competing definitions of freedom. Freedom from racism, freedom from poverty. White youth sought freedoms they associated with black culture, captured imperfectly in the phrase \"sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll.\" Along with freedom from racist oppression, black Americans sought the opportunities associated with the white middle class: \"white freedom.\" Women challenged rigid gender roles. And in response to these freedoms, the changing mores, and youth culture, the contrary impulse found political expression in such figures as Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan, proponents of what was presented as freedom from government interference. Meanwhile, a nonevent in the Tonkin Gulf would accelerate the nation's plunge into the Vietnam tragedy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn narrating 1964's moment of reckoning, when American identity began to be reimagined, McElvaine ties those past battles to their legacy today. Throughout, he captures the changing consciousness of the period through its vibrant music, film, literature, and personalities.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert S. McElvain\u003c\/b\u003ee is the Elizabeth Chisholm Distinguished Professor of Arts \u0026amp; Letters and Professor of History at Millsaps College. He is the author of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Great Depression: America, 1929-1941\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEve's Seed: Biology, the Sexes, and the Course of History\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the editor of three. Among his many honors are the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence and the B. L. C. Wailes Award for national distinction in the field of history. He has served as historical consultant for several television programs, including the PBS series \u003ci\u003eThe Great Depression\u003c\/i\u003e, and has written more than one hundred articles and opinion pieces in such national publications as the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNewsweek. He has\u003c\/i\u003e been a guest on about the same number of television and radio programs. He lives in Clinton, Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.57 x 9.06 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767827202336,"sku":"9781950994106","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/85ba894df09df715ac917deb52414b26.webp?v=1780318157","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-times-they-were-a-changin-1964-the-year-the-sixties-arrived-and-the-battle-lines-of-today-were-drawn-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}