Making History: The American Left and the American Mind

by Richard Flacks

Book Overview

Looks at the history of American participation in politic, explains the reasons for public apathy, and assesses the ability of Left to reestablish political influence in the U.S. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231048335
• ISBN13: 9780231048330
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Essential book for understanding social change

This book got overlooked by most of the media, but it's a keeper--a terrifically useful look at the boundaries between social committment and ordinary life. If we want to get more people involved, we need to understand what's holding them back, and how our efforts can overcome this. Making History is a wonderful contribution to this task.

Illuminating

This book is great. It gave me a new way of understanding political life, including my own vascilations between activity, withdrawal, apathy. It also helped me to understand the dramatic changes in American political and cultural life during the past several decades. If you have an interest in understanding The Sixties and its aftermath, then you will benefit from reading this excellent book.