Set the night on fire : L.A. in the sixties

Davis, Mike 1946- (author.). Wiener, Jon, (author.).

Summary: A magisterial, riveting movement history of Los Angeles in the SixtiesLos Angeles in the sixties was a hotbed of political and social upheaval. The city was a launchpad for Black Powerwhere 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 awardwinning L.A. history, City of Quartz, Set the Night on Fire is a historical tour de force, delivered in scintillating and fiercely beautiful prose.

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ISBN: 9781784780227
ISBN: 1784780227
ISBN: 1784780243
ISBN: 9781784780241
ISBN: 1784780235
ISBN: 9781784780234
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white).
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Publisher: London ; New York : Verso, 2020.

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Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: A Movement History -- 1. Setting the Agenda (1960) -- Part I: A New Breed -- Part II: Alternative Culture -- Part III: The Explosion -- Part IV: Vietnam Comes Home -- Part V: The Great High School Rebellion -- Part VI: There Is Only the Gun -- Part VII: Reigns of Repression -- Part VIII: Other Liberations -- Epilogue: Sowing the Future -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Notes -- Index.

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