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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Histories of the US sixties invariably focus on New York City, but Los Angeles was an epicenter of that decades political and social earthquake. L.A. was a launchpad for Black Powerwhere Malcolm X and Angela Davis first came to prominence and the Watts uprising shook the nationand home to the Chicano walkouts and Moratorium, as well as birthplace of Asian America as a political identity, base of the antiwar movement, and of course, centre of California counterculture.Mike Davis and Jon Wiener provide the first comprehensive movement history of L.A. in the sixties, drawing on extensive archival research, scores of interviews with principal figures of the 1960s movements, and personal histories (both Davis and Wiener are native Los Angelenos). Following on from Daviss award-winning L.A. history, City of Quartz, Set the Night on Fire is a fascinating historical corrective, delivered in scintillating and fiercely elegant prose. A magisterial, kaleidoscopic, riveting movement history of Los Angeles in the sixties. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781839761225
Descrizione libro Softcover. Condizione: New. Los Angeles Times BestsellerThis riveting tour through 1960s Los Angeles is a history from below, in the very best sense as it celebrates the grassroots heroes and struggles of the social movements of the era (Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Natural Causes).Authoritative and impressive. -Los Angeles TimesMonumental. -GuardianLos Angeles in the sixties was a hotbed of political and social upheaval. The city was a launchpad for Black Power-where Malcolm X and Angela Davis first came to prominence and the Watts uprising shook the nation. The city was home to the Chicano Blowouts and Chicano Moratorium, as well as being the birthplace of Asian American as a political identity. It was a locus of the antiwar movement, gay liberation movement, and womens movement, and, of course, the capital of California counterculture.Mike Davis and Jon Wiener provide the first comprehensive movement history of L.A. in the sixties, drawing on extensive archival research and dozens of interviews with principal figures, as well as the authors storied personal histories as activists. Following on from Daviss award-winning L.A. history, City of Quartz, Set the Night on Fire is a historical tour de force, delivered in scintillating and fiercely beautiful prose. Codice articolo DADAX1839761229
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