Dissent in the Heartland [electronic resource] : The Sixties at Indiana University / Mary Ann Wynkoop.

Author/Creator:

Wynkoop, Mary Ann.

Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2002.

Series:

Midwestern history and culture.
Midwestern history and culture

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (230 p.)

Subjects:

Student movements -- Indiana -- Bloomington -- History -- 20th century.
Indiana University -- Students -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century.
Indiana University -- History -- 20th century.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

English

Summary:

This grassroots view of student activism in the 1960's chronicles the years of protest at one midwestern university. Located in a region of farmland, conservative politics, and traditional family values, Indiana University was home to the antiwar protesters, civil rights activists, members of the counterculture, and feminists who helped change the heart of Middle America. Based on primary sources, interviews, and FBI files, this volume reveals the midwestern pulse of the '60's, beating firmly, far from the elite schools and urban centers of the east and west.

Contents:

The dawn of dissent: 1960-65
The awakening of activism: 1965-67
The antiwar movement
A precarious peace
Student rights, civil rights: African Americans and the struggle for racial justice
The women's movement: an idea whose time had come
Bloomington and the counterculture in southern Indiana.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-208) and index.
Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-253-10239-1
0-253-10942-6
1-282-06313-8
9786612063138

OCLC:

56672729

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