Introduction; 1. Kennedy; 2. The cold war; 3. Civil rights; 4. Families; 5. Cosmologies; 6. Dallas; Conclusion.
Explores life in America in the early Sixties when Kennedy was President.
W. J. Rorabaugh teaches history at the University of Washington in Seattle.
'Using the persona of John F. Kennedy as a central reference point, W. J. Rorabaugh shrewdly explores a critical time of transition in American cultural and political history. Concise but inclusive, always perceptive, this absorbing volume belongs on a short list of essential works about the 1960s.' Alonzo Hamby, Ohio University 'Six elegant, wide-ranging, forceful chapters. These eventful years of American history - which still resonate in countless ways - are captured in vivid images and fast-moving exploration.' Charles Royster, author of The Destructive War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson and the Americans 'In what is more social than a political history, [Rorabaugh] makes good use of oral histories and personal correspondence to show that these years were distinct from the 1950s and the later 1960s, owing no small part to the Kennedy presence ... Recommended for public and academic libraries.' Library Journal 'A welcome addition to the literature on the fourth American president to be slain while in office. Its brevity and readability ensure that Rorabaugh's study should appeal to both historians and the general reading public.' History '... it is a mark of the quality of the book that it stimulates thought ...'. History '... creative and convincing study ... often brings some eloquent and thoughtful testimony about the period ... This book impressively combines the investigation of politics, society, and culture, and elegantly creates a picture of the United States at the edge of significant change ... will encourage historians to rethink the origins of the social and political transformations of this momentous decade during its opening years.' Journal of American Studies
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