Hardhats, Hippies, and Hawks : The Vietnam Antiwar Movement As Myth and Memory.
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- 9780801467813
- 959.704/31
- DS559
Hardhats, Hippies, and Hawks -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Collective Memory of Vietnam Antiwar Sentiment and Protest -- Part I: The Antiwar Movement: A Liberal Elite? -- 2. Middle-Class Cultures and the Movement's Early Years -- 3. Countercurrents in the Movement: Complicating the Class Base -- 4. Countermemory I: "A Rich Man's War and a Poor Man's Fight" -- 5 Countermemory II: GIs and Veterans Join the Movement -- Part II: Hardhat Hawks? : Working-Class Conservatism -- 6. Anticipation of the Class Divide -- 7. Hardhats versus Elite Doves: Consolidation of the Image -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
An engaging "counter-memory" of a diverse, cross-class opposition to the Vietnam War that included the labor movement, working-class students, soldiers and veterans, and Black Power, civil rights, and Chicano activists.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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