Like this current volume, those works were thoroughly researched, fluently argued, and consistently critical of the Right. Schrecker is best-known for her histories of McCarthyism in higher education ( No Ivory Tower, 1986) and the country at large ( Many Are the Crimes, 1998). As Schrecker points out, “colleges and universities were at the center of American life … the quintessential liberal institution during the heyday of American liberalism.” While it may not resolve that era’s many contentious debates, it nevertheless adds valuable material to the arguments. The meaning and consequences of those developments remain controversial to this day, and The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s by Ellen Schrecker is a substantial contribution to the already copious literature. Patterson has identified 1965 as the year when the momentum of liberal reform peaked and a gradual unraveling began. The 1960s were the tipping point of postwar American history at which the conservativism of the previous decade evolved into an era of growing liberal consensus. University of Chicago Press, 616 pages (December 2021). A review of The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960sby Ellen Schrecker.
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