From the Publisher
“My Generation offers exceptionally perceptive readings of autobiographical works by veterans of the 1960s culture wars, from the ‘annunciatory narrative’ of the Port Huron Statement to the self-consciously elegiac reflections of such Movement veterans as Tom Hayden and Todd Gitlin. In the process, John Hazlett convincingly argues that these works constitute a new autobiographical genre intent upon illuminating the collective experience of an entire generation. My Generation deepens our understanding of the sixties and its long aftermath.”—Paul Boyer, Merle Curti Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"A superb book—well conceived, thoroughly researched, theoretically informed, balanced in its judgments, and gracefully written."—Milton Bates, professor of English, Marquette University
"The 60s is becoming a mythic story that will shape the consciousness of future generations. But at present the 60s is still the subject of competing stories, and this interesting book is the story of how the story is being told."—Tom Hayden