Younger Than That Now: The Politics of Age in the 1960s

by Holly V. Scott

Book Overview

Retrospectives of the 1960s routinely include the face of youth rebellion: long-haired students occupying campus buildings, young men burning draft cards, hippies dancing at Woodstock. In Younger Than That Now, Holly V. Scott explores how the idea of "youth" served as a tactic in the political and social activism of these years. In the early part of that decade, young white activists began to learn from the civil rights movement's defiance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625342179
• ISBN13: 9781625342171
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"