Long, Hot Summer of 1967

Malcolm McLaughlin is a Lecturer in American Studies and History at the School of American Studies, University of East Anglia, UK.

"Few books that seek to make new sense of the rebellious 1960s also manage to shine new light on the politics of liberalism that were so soon overtaken by this complicated decade, or to explain the law and order moment that, in turn, overtook it. Malcolm McLaughlin's 'The Long Hot Summer of 1967' does all of this, beautifully. Taking readers from the campuses of this nation's historically black colleges, to the offices of President Lyndon Johnson, to the streets of Detroit, Michigan, McLaughlin's book allows us all to understand much better than we yet do all that was lost, as well as was made newly possible, in America during the Sixties." - Heather Ann Thompson, Associate Professor of History, Temple University, US

• Introduction: Long, Hot Summers One: An Explosive Mixture Two: Harvest of American Racism Three: Southern Campus Rebellion Four: Urban Uprising Five: The Battle for the Streets Six: The Apostles of Violence Seven: The City of Hope Epilogue: Dreams Deferred