Going to College in the Sixties

by John R Thelin

Book Overview

The 1960s was the most transformative decade in the history of American higher education--but not for the reasons you might think.

Picture going to college in the sixties: the protests and marches, the teach-ins and sit-ins, the drugs, sex, and rock 'n' roll--hip, electric, psychedelic. Not so fast, says bestselling historian John R. Thelin. Even at radicalized campuses, volatile student demonstrations coexisted with the "business...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421440016
• ISBN13: 9781421440019
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary