Class Divide: Yale '64 and the Conflicted Legacy of the Sixties

Howard Gillette

Published by Cornell University Press 2015

Class Divide

Yale '64 and the Conflicted Legacy of the Sixties

Howard Gillette

https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801456121

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About this book

Howard Gillette Jr. draws on more than one hundred interviews with representative members of the Yale class of ’64 to examine how they were challenged by the issues that would define the 1960s.

Author / Editor information

Howard Gillette Jr. is Professor Emeritus of History at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. He is the author of Between Justice and Beauty: Race, Planning, and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington, D.C.; Camden After the Fall: Decline and Renewal in a Post-Industrial City; and Civitas by Design: Building Better Communities, from the Garden City to the New Urbanism.

Reviews

Andrew Hartman, author of A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars:

In this engaging and insightful portrait of the Yale class of '64, Howard Gillette Jr. adds to our growing awareness of just how revolutionary the sixties were.

Elaine Tyler May, author of America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation:

Drawing on the stories and reflections of his classmates in the Yale class of '64, Howard Gillette Jr. weaves a compelling portrait of these privileged and idealistic young men as they confronted a world in the midst of upheaval. Gillette's keen historical insights illuminate the complexities of the 1960s and show how the deep divisions of those years continue to shape our nation today.

Joseph Soares, Wake Forest University, author of The Power of Privilege: Yale and America’s Elite Colleges:

Class Divide says a lot about America before and after the watershed of the 1960s. Howard Gillette Jr. has transformed the personal stories of Yale's class of '64 into a political and cultural narrative about American society in transition. This insider's collective biography illuminates in a compelling way a key juncture in U.S. history.

David Farber, Temple University, author of Everybody Ought to Be Rich: The Life and Times of John J. Raskob, Capitalist:

Class Divide is an elegantly crafted account of the effect sixties-era cultural and political rebellion had on a very select group of Americans: the Yale class of 1964. Howard Gillette Jr.'s ability to put the lives of his classmates into sharply drawn historical contexts is quite remarkable. Gillette's subjects went on to do spectacular things and many became nationally known figures, which makes this tale particularly significant as a work of both historical scholarship and cultural criticism.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction: What a Hinge Generation Can Tell Us Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
1. Bright College Years, 1960–1964 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Into the “Long Sixties,” 1964–1974 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3. Civil Rights Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
4. War and Peace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
5. The Greening of ’64 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
6. God and Man Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
7. Sex and Marriage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
8. Culture Wars and the University Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Conclusion: After a Long Journey, a Lasting Divide Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 312
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 16
- Images: 16
- Other: 16 halftones
Keywords: College students; Ivy League education; civil rights movement; traditional success; personal narratives; alternatives to traditional leadership

eBook

Published: August 11, 2015
ISBN: 9780801456121