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Pure Fire is a history of self-defense as it was debated and practiced during the civil rights era of the 1950s and 1960s. Moving beyond the realm of organized protests and demonstrations, Christopher B. Strain reframes self-defense as a daily concern for many African Americans as they faced the continual menace of white aggression.

The 1960s, a turbulent time of great change and confusion, one marked by a profound shift in values and punctuated by a profane and often ugly war, was more than just the period defined by the decade. For some it was a time of great liberation and freedom, for others it was the time during which the United States lost its way. Attempting to explain that paradox, The Long Sixties: America, 1954-1973 is a narrative history providing a concise ov...

The Long Sixties is a concise and engaging treatment of the major political, social, and cultural developments of this tumultuous period. * A comprehensive yet concise overview that offers coverage of a variety of topics, from the beginnings of the Cold War shortly after World War II, through the civil rights, women's, and Chicano civil rights movements, to Watergate, an event that transpired in 1974 but capped the "Long Sixties." * A detached...

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Argues that violence is inextricably woven into the fabric of American heritage and experience. It traces the American modern-day conception of violence from the struggle to survive on the American frontier, through evolving gender roles, to the hysteria surrounding video and role-playing games and the more recent phenomenon of school shootings. This is a profound meditation on American violence and a "primer" on understanding what can often a...

Argues that violence is inextricably woven into the fabric of American heritage and experience. It traces the American modern-day conception of violence from the struggle to survive on the American frontier, through evolving gender roles, to the hysteria surrounding video and role-playing games and the more recent phenomenon of school shootings. This is a profound meditation on American violence and a "primer" on understanding what can often a...

Pure Fire is a history of self-defense as it was debated and practiced during the civil rights era of the 1950s and 1960s. Moving beyond the realm of organized protests and demonstrations, Christopher B. Strain reframes self-defense as a daily concern for many African Americans as they faced the continual menace of white aggression. In such circumstances, deciding to defend oneself and one's family was to assert a long-denied right and, conseq...