Paul Lauter, Our Sixties: An Activist’s History

Paul Lauter’s new book – a task of twenty years! – presents itself as “a fine piece of social history masterfully woven into a very moving, honest, and personal memoir” (Ramalho 1). The reader is indeed exposed to an honest and self-critical reappraisal of a long and rich life story of an intellect...

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1. Verfasser: Caldeira, Isabel
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprache:Anglais
Veröffentlicht: European journal of American studies 2022
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Zusammenfassung:Paul Lauter’s new book – a task of twenty years! – presents itself as “a fine piece of social history masterfully woven into a very moving, honest, and personal memoir” (Ramalho 1). The reader is indeed exposed to an honest and self-critical reappraisal of a long and rich life story of an intellectual profoundly committed to political causes. But, at the same time, the reader is given access to a personal lens into “the sixties” as a founding moment in the history of the United States of Ame...