A Nation of Outsiders: How the White Middle Class Fell in Love with Rebellion in Postwar America

by Grace Elizabeth Hale

Book Overview

At mid-century, Americans increasingly fell in love with characters like Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye and Marlon Brando's Johnny in The Wild One, musicians like Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan, and activists like the members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. These emotions enabled some middle-class whites to cut free of their own histories and identify with those who, while lacking economic, political, or social privilege, seemed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199314586
• ISBN13: 9780199314584
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"