Put Your Bodies Upon The Wheels: Student Revolt in the 1960s

by Kenneth J. Heineman

Book Overview

What began at colleges in the sixties as a rejection of parental authority and the Vietnam War rapidly evolved into a social movement, one with lasting influences in diverse areas of American life. As anti-Communist and Great Society Democrats lost control of the Vietnam War and the unrest in America's inner cities, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the chief organization of the campus-based New Left, gained strength, ending the decade with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566633524
• ISBN13: 9781566633529
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Offers a different perspective on Cold War history

An intriguing coverage offers a different perspective on Cold War history. Kenneth Heineman's Put Your Bodies Upon The Wheels outlines the 1960s student revolt which evolved into a social movement with lasting influences. The author examines the ideas which fostered protests, considering how these efforts succeeded in dividing the nation along racial and cultural lines.