{"product_id":"set-the-night-on-fire-la-in-the-sixties-9781784780227","title":"Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis riveting tour through 1960s Los Angeles is a \"history from below, in the very best sense\" as it celebrates the \"grassroots heroes and struggles\" of the social movements of the era (Barbara Ehrenreich, author of \u003ci\u003eNatural Causes\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Authoritative and impressive.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Monumental.\" --\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLos Angeles in the sixties was a hotbed of political and social upheaval. The city was a launchpad for Black Power--where Malcolm X and Angela Davis first came to prominence and the Watts uprising shook the nation. The city was home to the Chicano Blowouts and Chicano Moratorium, as well as being the birthplace of \"Asian American\" as a political identity. It was a locus of the antiwar movement, gay liberation movement, and women's movement, and, of course, the capital of California counterculture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMike Davis and Jon Wiener provide the first comprehensive movement history of L.A. in the sixties, drawing on extensive archival research and dozens of interviews with principal figures, as well as the authors' storied personal histories as activists. Following on from Davis's award-winning L.A. history, \u003ci\u003eCity of Quartz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSet the Night on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a historical tour de force, delivered in scintillating and fiercely beautiful prose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Quartz, Late Victorian Holocausts, Buda's Wagon, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Planet of Slums\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award. He lives in San Diego. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon Wiener \u003c\/b\u003eis a longtime Contributing Editor at the\u003ci\u003e Nation \u003c\/i\u003eand host and producer of Start Making Sense, the magazine's weekly podcast. He is an Emeritus Professor of U.S. history at UC Irvine, and his books include \u003ci\u003eGimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey across America\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690537124114,"sku":"9781784780227","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6cca20ab-d3cd-439f-b2d9-1c70c519ffa3.jpg?v=1773150689","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/set-the-night-on-fire-la-in-the-sixties-9781784780227","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}