This book chronicles the political and personal lives of progressive activists Richard and Miriam Flacks. Their story, rooted in ‘old left’ childhoods, shaped by the sixties New Left, and culminating in intellectual and community leadership, is a valuable first-hand account of how progressive American activism has evolved over the last 100 years.
This book chronicles the political and personal lives of progressive activists Richard and Miriam Flacks. Their story, rooted in ‘old left’ childhoods, shaped by the sixties New Left, and culminating in intellectual and community leadership, is a valuable first-hand account of how progressive American activism has evolved over the last 100 years. Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
MIRIAM FLACKS is a social activist and a researcher in biology. She is the coauthor of Children of a Vanished World. RICHARD FLACKS is emeritus professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is also the author of numerous books, including Making History: The American Left and the American Mind.
Inhaltsangabe
TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword vii 1 Sonia Hartman 1 2 A Red Diaper Baby: Mickey’s Story 12 3 Mildred Flacks 34 4 The House I Lived In: Dick’s Story 54 5 Coming of Age in the Fifties 72 6 Starting out in the Sixties 96 7 Our Sixties: Blowin’ in the Wind 155 8 Our Sixties: Making History Together 179 9 Our Sixties: Some Scenes from the Theater of “Revolution” 237 10 Our Sixties: 1968 and Beyond 253 11 Moving to California 309 12 A Long March? 348 13 Socialism in One City 364 14 Confessions of a Tenured Radical 395 15 Playing for Change 434 16 Some Things We’ve Learned about What’s Left 451 17 Trump Time 463 18 Last Words 468 Acknowledgments 477 Notes 479 Index
TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword vii 1 Sonia Hartman 1 2 A Red Diaper Baby: Mickey’s Story 12 3 Mildred Flacks 34 4 The House I Lived In: Dick’s Story 54 5 Coming of Age in the Fifties 72 6 Starting out in the Sixties 96 7 Our Sixties: Blowin’ in the Wind 155 8 Our Sixties: Making History Together 179 9 Our Sixties: Some Scenes from the Theater of “Revolution” 237 10 Our Sixties: 1968 and Beyond 253 11 Moving to California 309 12 A Long March? 348 13 Socialism in One City 364 14 Confessions of a Tenured Radical 395 15 Playing for Change 434 16 Some Things We’ve Learned about What’s Left 451 17 Trump Time 463 18 Last Words 468 Acknowledgments 477 Notes 479 Index
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