And the Crooked Places Made Straight by David M Chalmers

And the Crooked Places Made Straight by David M Chalmers

An overview of the 1960s describes how the civil rights movement touched off a widening challenge to traditional values and arrangements. It recounts the judicial revolution that set national standards for race, politics, policing, and privacy.

Praise for the first edition: "With its hint of passion and irony the title of David Chalmers' book aptly captures the complexities of his studyBeautifully written, it is more than a recitation of the actors and events of the 1960s. It helps us to make sense of the decade."--Dan T. Carter, Emory University "Marvelously comprehensive and superbly written. An exceptionally valuable overview of the 1960s, replete with astute interpretations and commentary."--David J. Garrow, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference' "Chalmers accounts for much of the recent past in a short history that is both eloquent and full. This volume is without peer in focusing on the American sixties with evenhandedness."--'Journal of Southern History'

During the 1960s, David Chalmers was Fulbright Professor at the universities of Sri Lanka, Tokyo, and the Philippines, and lectured in Vietnam and Korea. He went to jail in St. Augustine with Martin Luther King Jr., wrote a history of the Ku Klux Klan, Hooded Americanism, and worked for President Johnson's National Violence commission. He is Distinguished Service Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Florida.

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ISBN 13	9780801853340
ISBN 10	0801853346
Title	And the Crooked Places Made Straight
Author	David M Chalmers
Series	The American Moment
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press
Year published	1996-05-16
Number of pages	260
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