Framing the sixties : the use and abuse of a decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush /
"Over the past quarter century, American liberals and conservatives alike have invoked memories of the 1960s to define their respective ideological positions and to influence voters. Liberals recall the positive associations of what might be called the "good Sixties"--The "Camelo...
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| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | English. |
| Imprint: | Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2010. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: framing the frame
- "The sixties" : defining an era
- Blaming "the sixties" : the rise of Ronald Reagan
- A tale of two sixties : Reagan's use of JFK and LBJ
- Reagan and the memory of the Vietnam war
- Remembering Vietnam and the civil rights movement : George H.W. Bush's 1960s
- George H.W. Bush and the great society
- Bill Clinton and the heroes of the 1960s : using liberal icons for conservative ends
- Vietnam and "the sixties" in the Clinton presidency
- The "un-sixties" candidate : George W. Bush
- Framing John Kerry : the 2004 presidential campaign and "the sixties"
- Conclusion: the persistent power of the 1960s.